Bash script to copy any text to clipboard

[Hugh Neutron]

I'm working on fixing a bug in between Gimp 2.10 and QT programs that save clipboard data. This bugfix involves replacing the image clipboard data with text clipboard data. Is there a bash script that can automatically paste text in my clipboard?

Example:
$copyclipboard -a

Now "a" would be in my clipboard data, as opposed to the previous image stored.

I am aware I can press Alt F2 (run)+ *type "a" + Ctrl A + Ctrl C + Escape but if I had a bash script that I could set as a key binding it could make things much faster.

[Hugh Neutron]

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echo a | xclip -sel clip

solves the problem.