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Enable reverse tunelling on port 2224 locally…

echo "RemoteForward 2224 localhost:2224" >> ~/.ssh/config

SSH in to your server (I've only tried this on an Amazon AMI) and cat something

cat large-file.txt | nc localhost 2224

Gape in awe as the contents of large-file.txt are copied to the clipboard of your Mac. You may want to alias nc localhost 2224 to pbcopy.

###Bonus tip for Vim users

Add this to your .vimrc

" Maps pbcopy in command mode to copy back out to Mac session
cmap pbcopy !nc localhost 2224<CR>u

Select some text, switch to command mode and type pbcopy and voila!

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