Copy Emoji from Rofi List (plus how-to generate a full list)

generate_list.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# curl 'https://unicode.org/Public/emoji/13.0/emoji-test.txt' > Public_emoji_13.0_emoji-test.txt

declare title_re='^# (sub)?group[: ]+(.+)'
declare e_line_re='^([0-9A-Z]+ )+[ ]+;[ ]*(fully-qualified|unqualified|minimally-qualified|qualified|component)[ ]+#[ ]*(.+)[ ]+(E[0-9.]+)[ ]+(.+)$'
declare work_dir
work_dir="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"

while read -r; do
	[[ "$REPLY" =~ $title_re ]] && DESC="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
	[[ "$REPLY" =~ $e_line_re ]] && echo "${BASH_REMATCH[3]} ${BASH_REMATCH[4]} U${BASH_REMATCH[1]} ${BASH_REMATCH[2]} ${DESC}: ${BASH_REMATCH[5]}"
done < "$work_dir/Public_emoji_13.0_emoji-test.txt" > "$work_dir/cli-list.txt"

exit $?

rofi_copy.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

rofi_cmd(){
	rofi -disable-history -dmenu -i -matching regex -location 8 -width 40% -lines 50 \
		-p "Select an emoji to copy it: "
	return $?
}

declare work_dir
work_dir="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
declare copy_me
copy_me="$(rofi_cmd < "$work_dir/cli-list.txt")" || exit 1
copy_me="$(grep -ioP '^[^ ]+' <<< "$copy_me")"

test -n "$copy_me" || exit 1

printf '%s' "$copy_me" | xsel -b -f -i

exit $?