Copy lines to clipboard one at a time

pastry.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

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"""
Copy input lines to clipboard one at a time.

Reads files or stdin and copies lines to clipboard one at a time with variable
pause.
"""

import argparse
import fileinput
import time

import pyperclip

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Copy lines to clipboard.')
    parser.add_argument('-p', '--pause', type=int, default=3,
                        help='pause in seconds (default 3)')
    parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='*', help='input files')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    with fileinput.input(args.infile) as fi:
        for line in fi:
            pyperclip.copy(line.strip())
            print(line.strip())
            time.sleep(args.pause)