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## ssh-forward-clipboard.md

      
        
          
            
              
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                Forward your clipboard via SSH reverse tunnels
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    Exposing your clipboard over SSH

I frequently administer remote servers over SSH, and need to copy data to my clipboard.
If the text I want to copy all fits on one screen, then I simply select it with my mouse and press CMD-C, which asks relies on m y terminal emulator (xterm2) to throw it to the clipboard.
This isn't practical for larger texts, like when I want to copy the whole contents of a file.
If I had been editing large-file.txt locally, I could easily copy its contents by using the pbcopy command: