pasteboard buffer. Two commands. Set one to listen - and then you can run it again with rewrite and it will rewrite your copy history to -1

paperclip.py

import pyclip
import typer
import time
from typing import Optional
import sqlite3

conn = sqlite3.connect('copyhistory.sqlite')
global max_history
max_history = 5
now_list = ""

def setup_db():
	conn = sqlite3.connect('copyhistory.sqlite')
	cur = conn.cursor()
	cur.execute('''CREATE TABLE "history" ("copy_string"	TEXT, "id"	INTEGER UNIQUE);''')
	cur.execute('CREATE TABLE "last_id" ("ID"	INTEGER);')
	cur.execute('INSERT INTO last_id (ID) VALUES (1);')
	for x in range(1,max_history+1):
		cur.execute("INSERT INTO history (ID,copy_string) VALUES ("+str(x)+", 'Empty' )");		
	
	conn.commit()
	conn.close()

def add_history(copyBuffer: str = ""):
	conn = sqlite3.connect('copyhistory.sqlite')
	# Get last id 
	cur = conn.cursor()
	cur.execute("select ID from last_id")
	row = cur.fetchone()
	last_id = int(row[0])+1
	
	# Reset-
	if (last_id==max_history):
		last_id = 1
		
	cur.execute("UPDATE history set copy_string = :copyBuffer where ID = :histID",{"copyBuffer": copyBuffer, "histID":last_id })
	cur.execute("UPDATE last_id set ID=:histID",{'histID':last_id} )
	conn.commit()
	conn.close()

def get_history(history: int = 0):
	# Get last id 
	cur = conn.cursor()
	cur.execute("select ID from last_id")
	row = cur.fetchone()
	last_id = int(row[0])
	
	#This is going to mess up byt cant figure out logic
	if (last_id==1 and history !=0):
		# End of list
		last_id = max_history-history
	else:
		last_id = last_id - history
	
	# Get string with that ID
	cur.execute("SELECT copy_string from history where ID = "+str(last_id))
	row = cur.fetchone()
	cur.close()
	return row[0]

def check():
	last_item = get_history()
	now_item = pyclip.paste(text=True)
	
	if now_item != last_item:
		add_history(now_item)
		return True

	
app = typer.Typer()

@app.command()
def setup():
	"""
	Never used this before? Run this FIRST. It will setup the db. NB: No checking that youve done this. 
	"""
	setup_db()

@app.command()
def listen():
	"""
	Listen for every 1 second for the pasteboard. Store the current pasteboard (text only) and just keep a history for the last max_hostory times
	"""
	while True:
		check()
		time.sleep(1)


@app.command()
def rewrite(history: int = 1):
	"""
	Return a copy buffer with something from history. Provide an int that is the history minus that number, 
	"""
	typer.echo(f"Changing pasteboard to history -"+str(history))
	copyString = get_history(history)
	pyclip.copy(copyString)
	
if __name__ == "__main__":
	app()
	add_history(pyclip.paste(text=True))

requirements.txt

pyclip
typer