Unify the copy and paste commands into one intelligent chainable command.

README.MD

cb

A leak-proof tee to the clipboard

This script is modeled after tee (see man tee).

It's like your normal copy and paste commands, but unified and able to sense when you want it to be chainable

Examples

Copy

$ date | cb
# clipboard contains: Tue Jan 24 23:00:00 EST 2017

Paste

# clipboard retained from the previous block
$ cb
Tue Jan 24 23:00:00 EST 2017
$ cb | cat
Tue Jan 24 23:00:00 EST 2017
$ cb > foo
$ cat foo
Tue Jan 24 23:00:00 EST 2017

Chaining

$ date | cb | tee updates.log
Tue Jan 24 23:11:11 EST 2017
$ cat updates.log
Tue Jan 24 23:11:11 EST 2017
# clipboard contains: Tue Jan 24 23:11:11 EST 2017

cb (for Cygwin)

#!/bin/bash

if [[ -p /dev/stdin ]]; then # stdin is a pipe
    p0=1
else
    p0=0
fi

if [[ -t 0 ]]; then          # stdin is a tty
    t0=1
else
    t0=0
fi

if [[ -t 1 ]]; then          # stdout is a tty
    t1=1
else
    t1=0
fi

_copy(){
    cat > /dev/clipboard
}

_paste(){
    cat /dev/clipboard
}

if [[ $p0 -eq 1 || $t0 -eq 0 ]]; then # stdin is pipe-ish
    _copy # so send it to the clipboard
    if [[ $t1 -eq 0 ]]; then # also, stdout is not a tty (meaning it must be a pipe or redirection)
        _paste # so pass that pipe/redirection the content of the clipboard (enables `man tee` like chaining)
    fi
else # stdin is not a pipe
    _paste # so output the clipboard
    if [[ $t1 -eq 1 ]]; then # stdout is a tty (so we don't have to be strict about not altering the output)
        echo # prevent the prompt from being on the same line
    fi
fi

cb (for Linux)

#!/bin/bash

if [[ -p /dev/stdin ]]; then # stdin is a pipe
    p0=1
else
    p0=0
fi

if [[ -t 0 ]]; then          # stdin is a tty
    t0=1
else
    t0=0
fi

if [[ -t 1 ]]; then          # stdout is a tty
    t1=1
else
    t1=0
fi

_copy(){
    cat | xclip -selection clipboard
}

_paste(){
    xclip -selection clipboard -o
}

if [[ $p0 -eq 1 || $t0 -eq 0 ]]; then # stdin is pipe-ish
    _copy # so send it to the clipboard
    if [[ $t1 -eq 0 ]]; then # also, stdout is not a tty (meaning it must be a pipe or redirection)
        _paste # so pass that pipe/redirection the content of the clipboard (enables `man tee` like chaining)
    fi
else # stdin is not a pipe
    _paste # so output the clipboard
    if [[ $t1 -eq 1 ]]; then # stdout is a tty (so we don't have to be strict about not altering the output)
        echo # prevent the prompt from being on the same line
    fi
fi

cb (for OSX)

#!/bin/bash

if [[ -p /dev/stdin ]]; then # stdin is a pipe
    p0=1
else
    p0=0
fi

if [[ -t 0 ]]; then          # stdin is a tty
    t0=1
else
    t0=0
fi

if [[ -t 1 ]]; then          # stdout is a tty
    t1=1
else
    t1=0
fi

_copy(){
    cat | pbcopy
}

_paste(){
    pbpaste
}

if [[ $p0 -eq 1 || $t0 -eq 0 ]]; then # stdin is pipe-ish
    _copy # so send it to the clipboard
    if [[ $t1 -eq 0 ]]; then # also, stdout is not a tty (meaning it must be a pipe or redirection)
        _paste # so pass that pipe/redirection the content of the clipboard (enables `man tee` like chaining)
    fi
else # stdin is not a pipe
    _paste # so output the clipboard
    if [[ $t1 -eq 1 ]]; then # stdout is a tty (so we don't have to be strict about not altering the output)
        echo # prevent the prompt from being on the same line
    fi
fi