How to copy soft hypen UTF-8 character into clipboard on Linux using command line

On Wayland

example.sh
printf '\u00AD' | wl-copy

(after installing wl-clipboard using sudo apt -y install wl-clipboard)

On X.org

example.sh
printf '\u00AD' | xclip -selection clipboard

(after installing xclip using sudo apt -y install xclip)


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