monitor the clipboard and write to file

monitor_clipboard.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import xerox
import time


def poll_cb():
    cb = ""
    cbh = ""
    while True:
        time.sleep(5)
        cb = xerox.paste()
        if cb != cbh:
            cbh = cb
            store(cb)

def store(link):
    with open("links.txt", "a") as f:
        f.write("%s\n" % link)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    poll_cb()