Merge pull request #360 from CodeReaper-10/copy-to-clip

Copy to clipboard

Author: OBITORASU

README.md

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 71| Water Reminder | Reminds you to drink water every 2 hours | [Find me Here](https://github.com/GDSC-RCCIIT/General-Purpose-Scripts/tree/main/scripts/Water%20Reminder)
 72| QR and Barcode Scanner | Scans both QR Codes and Barcodes | [Find me Here](https://github.com/GDSC-RCCIIT/General-Purpose-Scripts/tree/main/scripts/QR%20and%20Barcode%20Scanner)   |
 73| PDF-Delete-Pages | Deletes pages from PDF as entered by the user | [Find me Here](https://github.com/GDSC-RCCIIT/General-Purpose-Scripts/tree/main/scripts/PDF-Delete-Pages)   |
+74| Copy to clipboard | Copies contents form a text file to your clipboard | [Find me Here](https://github.com/GDSC-RCCIIT/General-Purpose-Scripts/tree/main/scripts/Copy%20to%20clipboard)   |
 ### Good Luck and don't forget to have fun with Open Source 🚀

scripts/Copy to clipboard/README.md

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+## How to run
+
+1. Clone the repository
+   ```
+   git clone [email protected]:GDSC-RCCIIT/General-Purpose-Scripts.git
+   ```
+2. Install the script requirements
+   ```
+   pip install -r requirements.txt
+   ```
+3. Navigate to `Copy to clipboard` directory
+   ```
+   cd General-Purpose-Scripts/scripts/Copy to clipboard
+   ```
+4. Run the script to copy text from the desired file to your clipboard
+   ```
+   python clipboard.py <file_name>
+   ```
+   ### Note
+   Replace <file_name> with the name of the file present in the same directory as the script or replace it with the path of the file.
+   For Linux users, install [xclip](https://linoxide.com/copy-paste-commands-output-xclip-linux/) in your system before running the script.

scripts/Copy to clipboard/clipboard.py

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+import os
+import sys
+import platform
+import subprocess
+import pyperclip
+
+# Seeing if the file exists
+if os.path.exists(sys.argv[1]):
+    f = open(sys.argv[1], "r")
+    f_contents = f.read()
+    f.close()
+else:
+    print(
+        "Usage: python clipboard.py file_name\n      OR\n       python clipboard.py 'path_of_the_file'"
+    )
+    exit(1)
+
+whatos = platform.system()
+
+if whatos == "Darwin":
+    subprocess.run("pbcopy", universal_newlines=True, input=f_contents)
+    print("Success! Copied to clipboard.")
+elif whatos == "Linux":
+    pyperclip.copy(f_contents)
+    print("Success! Copied to clipboard.")
+elif whatos == "Windows":
+    subprocess.run("clip", universal_newlines=True, input=f_contents)
+    print("Success! Copied to clipboard.")
+else:
+    print("Failed! Clipboard not supported.")

scripts/Copy to clipboard/requirements.txt

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+pyperclip==1.8.2