Create script for pasting from clipboard

Author: lindhe

terminal/paste.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Paste to stdout from the clipboard.
+
+set -uo pipefail
+
+stderr() {
+    echo "${@}" 1>&2
+}
+
+fail() {
+    stderr "${1}"
+    stderr ""
+    stderr "Exiting …"
+    exit "${2:-1}"
+}
+
+wsl_paste() {
+  powershell.exe -c 'Get-Clipboard'
+}
+
+if [[ "$(uname -r)" =~ .*microsoft.* ]]; then
+  declare -r IS_WSL=true
+else
+  declare -r IS_WSL=false
+fi
+
+if [[ "${IS_WSL}" == "true" ]]; then
+  wsl_paste
+else
+  missing_dependencies=false
+  declare -r dependencies=(
+    xclip
+  )
+  for dep in "${dependencies[@]}"; do
+    if ! command -v "${dep}" &> /dev/null; then
+      stderr "❌ ERROR: Missing dependency ${dep}"
+      missing_dependencies=true
+    fi
+  done
+  if ${missing_dependencies}; then
+    fail 'Please install the missing dependencies!'
+  fi
+  xclip -o -selection clipboard
+fi