I am often having to copy and paste text from the terminal. Is there a way to redirect the output of a command into a shell variable or another command that would place the output in the clipboard?
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I am often having to copy and paste text from the terminal. Is there a way to redirect the output of a command into a shell variable or another command that would place the output in the clipboard?
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pbcopyandpbpaste. Anything sent topbcopygoes into the clipboard. Runningpbpastesends the contents of the clipboard to standard output and you can chain them just like all other commands.You can find some example uses here: http://osxdaily.com/2007/03/05/manipulating-the-clipboard-from-the-command-line/