Pasting output from previous bash command as arguments

bashrc-paste-output.sh

# Paste this gist into .bashrc and add this line to .vimrc:
#   xnoremap <CR> y:call writefile(getreg('', 1, 1), $HOME."/.yank") <Bar> quit <CR>

# Now you can select text using 'v' and hit 'Enter' to add it to the bash command.

bind -x '"\C-g":"__yank_from_output"'

__yank_from_output()
{
    rm -f ~/.yank
    vim ~/.output +$
    [ -r ~/.yank ] || return
    local yank=$(<~/.yank)
    local len=${#yank}
    READLINE_LINE="${READLINE_LINE:0:READLINE_POINT}${yank}${READLINE_LINE:READLINE_POINT}"
    READLINE_POINT=$((READLINE_POINT+len))
}

__tee() { "$@" 2>&1 | tee ~/.output; }

__save()
{
    case "$1" in
        git)
            case "$2" in
                status | branch | tag | push)
                    __tee "$@" ;;
                *)
                    "$@" ;;
            esac ;;

        apt | apt-cache)
            case "$2" in
                search | show)
                    __tee "$@" ;;
                *)
                    "$@" ;;
            esac ;;

        *)
            __tee "$@" ;;
    esac
}

for a in git apt apt-cache ifconfig ip route netstat ps dpkg arp curl wget youtube-dl; do
    alias $a="__save $a"
done