Copy file (with mime-type) to clipboard. Useful for copying images to clipboard from the command line.

clip.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -euo pipefail

function main() {
  if [[ "$#" != 1 ]] ; then
    printf "usage: %s <input file>\n" "$0" >&2
    return 2
  fi
  local file="$1"
  xclip \
    -in \
    -selection clipboard \
    -target "$(file --brief --mime-type "$file")" \
    <"$file"
}

main "$@"