diff --git a/xresources/.local/bin/clip b/xresources/.local/bin/clip
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# clip -- easy copying to x clipboard manager with xclip
+#
+# clips the first argument to the clipboard
+# or stdin if stdin is passed
+# will copy png/jpg as image files
+#
+# idea ~~stolen~~ creatively borrowed from
+# https://github.com/kyazdani42/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/copy
+
+if ! exist xclip normal; then exit 1; fi
+
+# if we are in a pipe, read from stdin
+if [ ! -t 0 ]; then
+  xclip -i -selection clipboard /dev/stdin
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ $# != 1 ] || [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
+  printf "No file argument passed to xclip to clip: %s" "$1"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+options=""
+if grep -qE '.png$' "$1"; then
+  options="-target image/png"
+elif grep -qE '.jpe\?g$' "$1"; then
+  options="-target image/jpeg"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$options" ]; then
+  xclip -selection clipboard "$options" "$1"
+else
+  xclip -selection clipboard "$1"
+fi