Paste contents of Xorg clipboard to a file from the command line

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#!/bin/bash
# Paste contents of Xorg clipboard to a file from the command line

filename=$@
pasteinfo="clipboard contents"

# Display usage if no parameters given
if [[ -z "$@" ]]; then
  echo " ${0##*/} <filename> - paste contents of context-menu clipboard to file"
  exit
fi

# If filename matches a directory name exit
if [ -d "$filename" ]; then
  echo " Directory already has the name ""$filename""" && exit
fi

# Check if file exists, prompt to append or override, else create new
if [[ -f "$filename" ]]; then
  echo " File \""${filename##*/}"\" already exists - (e)xit, (a)ppend, (o)verwrite: "
  read edit
  case "$edit" in
    [aA] )  xclip -out -selection clipboard >> "$filename"
            echo " File \""$filename"\" appended with clipboard contents"
            ;;
    [oO] )  xclip -out -selection clipboard > "$filename"
            echo " File \""$filename"\" overwrote with clipboard contents"
            ;;
    * )     exit
  esac;
else
  xclip -out -selection clipboard >> "$filename"
  echo " File \""$filename"\" created with clipboard contents"
fi