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[Mac copy/paste commands on Linux] pbcopy and pbpaste from MacOS on Linux. #tags: linux, mac, bash
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Mac-style CLI copy / paste on Linux

alias pbcopy='xclip -selection clipboard'
alias pbpaste='xclip -selection clipboard -o'

Example usage

Pipe clipboard contents to do_something.bash and copy results back to the clipboard.

pbpaste | do_something.bash | pbcopy

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