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a wrapper function for xclip.
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# A shortcut function that simplifies usage of xclip. | |
# - Accepts input from either stdin (pipe), or params. | |
# ------------------------------------------------ | |
cb() { | |
local _scs_col="\e[0;32m"; local _wrn_col='\e[1;31m'; local _trn_col='\e[0;33m' | |
# Check that xclip is installed. | |
if ! type xclip > /dev/null 2>&1; then | |
echo -e "$_wrn_col""You must have the 'xclip' program installed.\e[0m" | |
# Check user is not root (root doesn't have access to user xorg server) | |
elif [[ "$USER" == "root" ]]; then | |
echo -e "$_wrn_col""Must be regular user (not root) to copy a file to the clipboard.\e[0m" | |
else | |
# If no tty, data should be available on stdin | |
if ! [[ "$( tty )" == /dev/* ]]; then | |
input="$(< /dev/stdin)" | |
# Else, fetch input from params | |
else | |
input="$*" | |
fi | |
if [ -z "$input" ]; then # If no input, print usage message. | |
echo "Copies a string to the clipboard." | |
echo "Usage: cb <string>" | |
echo " echo <string> | cb" | |
else | |
# Copy input to clipboard | |
echo -n "$input" | xclip -selection c | |
# Truncate text for status | |
if [ ${#input} -gt 80 ]; then input="$(echo $input | cut -c1-80)$_trn_col...\e[0m"; fi | |
# Print status. | |
echo -e "$_scs_col""Copied to clipboard:\e[0m $input" | |
fi | |
fi | |
} | |
# Aliases / functions leveraging the cb() function | |
# ------------------------------------------------ | |
# Copy contents of a file | |
function cbf() { cat "$1" | cb; } | |
# Copy SSH public key | |
alias cbssh="cb ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" | |
# Copy current working directory | |
alias cbwd="pwd | cb" | |
# Copy most recent command in bash history | |
alias cbhs="cat $HISTFILE | tail -n 1 | cb" |
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