clip — mac clipboard pbcopy/pbpaste wrapper

clip.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash


if [ -t 0 ]; then # if no stdin to clip...
    if [ -z "$*" ]; then # if no args to clip, paste
        # paste
        pbpaste
    else # if there are args, execute as command and copy output
        eval "${*}" | pbcopy
    fi
else # if there's stdin input, copy
    TMP=/tmp/`uuidgen`
    exec 6<> "$TMP" 
    cat "$TMP" | pbcopy &
    while IFS= read -r line ; do
        echo "$line" >&6
    done
    wait
    exec 6>&-
    rm "$TMP"
fi