In /usr/bin/xclip-copyfile line 8: archive=`mktemp` || exit 1 ^------^ SC2006: Use $(...) notation instead of legacy backticked `...`. Did you mean: archive=$(mktemp) || exit 1 In /usr/bin/xclip-copyfile line 15: filedir=`dirname "${file}"` ^-----------------^ SC2006: Use $(...) notation instead of legacy backticked `...`. Did you mean: filedir=$(dirname "${file}") In /usr/bin/xclip-copyfile line 16: filename=`basename "${file}"` ^------------------^ SC2006: Use $(...) notation instead of legacy backticked `...`. Did you mean: filename=$(basename "${file}") For more information: https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2006 -- Use $(...) notation instead of le...