Modified script for Linux support and added requirements.txt

Author: CodeReaper-10

scripts/Copy to clipboard/README.md

@@ -4,13 +4,18 @@
    ```
    git clone [email protected]:GDSC-RCCIIT/General-Purpose-Scripts.git
    ```
-2. Navigate to `Copy to clipboard` directory
+2. Install the script requirements
+   ```
+   pip install -r requirements.txt
+   ```
+3. Navigate to `Copy to clipboard` directory
    ```
    cd General-Purpose-Scripts/scripts/Copy to clipboard
    ```
-3. Run the script to copy text from the desired file to your clipboard
+4. Run the script to copy text from the desired file to your clipboard
    ```
    python clipboard.py <file_name>
    ```
    ### Note
    Replace <file_name> with the name of the file present in the same directory as the script or replace it with the path of the file.
+   For Linux users, install [xclip](https://linoxide.com/copy-paste-commands-output-xclip-linux/) in your system before running the script.

scripts/Copy to clipboard/clipboard.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 import platform
 import subprocess
+import pyperclip
 
 # Seeing if the file exists
 if os.path.exists(sys.argv[1]):
@@ -18,7 +19,10 @@
 
 if whatos == "Darwin":
     subprocess.run("pbcopy", universal_newlines=True, input=f_contents)
-    print("success: copied to clipboard")
+    print("Success! Copied to clipboard.")
+elif whatos == "Linux":
+    pyperclip.copy(f_contents)
+    print("Success! Copied to clipboard.")
 elif whatos == "Windows":
     subprocess.run("clip", universal_newlines=True, input=f_contents)
     print("Success! Copied to clipboard.")

scripts/Copy to clipboard/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pyperclip==1.8.2