A Windows utility that simply dumps the clipboard data to stdout.
Tiny yet safe, xpaste includes format checks and has zero dependencies.
Usage: xpaste --[cr]lf (default to keep the original line ending).
A Windows utility that copy text from stdin or command line arguments to the clipboard.
Tiny yet safe, xclip includes charset checks and has zero dependencies, including on the standard library.
Usage (default to think stdin UTF-8 encoded):
x-clip: [-a|--ansi[i] | -u|--ucs2|--unicode] <<< DATA
[--] string to copy
Examples:
$ xclip < utf8.txt # tail line endings are always trimmed
$ cat uincode-list.txt | x-clip -u
$ xclip -- here is a line to copy
$ xclip here is another line to copy
$ xclip --help # equals with empty argumentsTh snippet below supports:
- copy using stdin/arguments & paste using stdout
- paste to a file by
paste a.txt - paste to a local variable by
paste -var foo - copy a file's content by
clip a.txt
function xpaste() {
local arg=$1
if test "$arg" == "-var" -a -n "$2"; then
# paste from clipboard into a global bash variable
declare -g "$2"="$(exec "$MSYS_ROOT"/usr/bin/xpaste.exe --lf)"
return
fi
test "${arg#-}" != "$arg" && shift || arg=
if test -n "$1"; then
"$MSYS_ROOT"/usr/bin/xpaste.exe $arg >"$1"
else
"$MSYS_ROOT"/usr/bin/xpaste.exe $arg
fi
}
function xclip() {
local arg=$1
if test -n "$arg" && test -f "$arg"; then
shift
"$MSYS_ROOT"/usr/bin/xclip.exe "$@" <"$arg"
else
"$MSYS_ROOT"/usr/bin/xclip.exe "$@"
fi
}
alias paste=xpaste clip=xclipIt's made by Dahan Gong and released under the MIT license.
The initial code of xpaste is from @neosmart.