Uses pygmentize and xclip to create pasteable (e.g. into Google docs, Word, Libreoffice, ...) code highlighting from the command line

highlight-and-copy.sh

#!/bin/bash

style='paraiso-dark'
lang=''
preview=''
options=''

while getopts 's:l:po:' opt;
do
    case $opt in
        s)
            style=$OPTARG
        ;;
        l)
            lang=$OPTARG
        ;;
        p)
            preview='true'
        ;;
        o)
            options=",$OPTARG"
        ;;
    esac
done

if [ -z $lang ]
then
    echo '[-] no language set with -l'
    echo '[-] supported languages:'
    pygmentize -L lexers
    exit 1
fi

if [ "$preview" == "true" ]
then
    code=$(cat ${@:$OPTIND})
    pygmentize -L styles | grep '*' | sed 's/\(\* \)\|://g' |& while read style
    do
        echo $style
        echo $code | pygmentize -l $lang -f terminal256 -O style=$style
    done
else
    pygmentize -l $lang -f html -O style=$style,noclasses$options "${@:$OPTIND}" | xclip -i -selection clipboard -t text/html
fi