---
name: "urxvt-selection-to-clipboard"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rxvt-unicode"
version: "9.31-11"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/urxvt-selection-to-clipboard"
---

# urxvt-selection-to-clipboard(1)

copy the selection to the clipboard each time a selection is made

## NAME

selection-to-clipboard - copy the selection to the clipboard each time a selection is made

## SYNOPSIS

```
   urxvt -pe selection-to-clipboard
```

## DESCRIPTION

This very simple extension copies the selection to the clipboard every time a selection is made. This, in effect, synchronises the clipboard with the selection for selections done by rxvt-unicode.