fix first and empty use case

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/clip b/clip
index 29e73e3..f61b751 100755
--- a/clip
+++ b/clip
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     clipboard_filepath = '/dev/shm/%s-clipboard' % getpass.getuser()
     if(sys.stdin.isatty()):
         # Should write clipboard contents out to stdout
-        with secure_open(clipboard_filepath, 'rb') as fo:
-            sys.stdout.buffer.write(fo.read())
+        try:
+            with secure_open(clipboard_filepath, 'rb') as fo:
+                sys.stdout.buffer.write(fo.read())
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            # equivalent to an empty file
+            pass
     elif(sys.stdout.isatty()):
         # Should save stdin to clipboard
         with secure_open(clipboard_filepath, 'wb') as fo: