clip

A simple clipboard utility for piping content to xclip.

Install

gem install clip.rb

Requires xclip to be installed on your system.

Usage

# Copy file contents to clipboard
cat file.txt | clip

# Copy and echo the content
cat file.txt | clip -e

# Copy only the first N lines
cat file.txt | clip -l 10

# Wrap content in markdown code fence
cat script.rb | clip -m ruby

# Append to existing clipboard content
cat more.txt | clip -a

# Paste clipboard contents to stdout
clip

# Grep outputs filename AND content:
grep -rn "TODO" src/
# src/app.rb:42:# TODO: refactor this
# src/app.rb:87:# TODO: add tests
# src/lib.rb:12:# TODO: fix bug

# Use -l 1 to copy just the first match (with filename)
grep -rn "TODO" src/ | clip -l 1

Options

• -l, --line NUMBER - Copy only the first N lines
• -e, --echo - Output copied content to stdout
• -a, --append - Append to clipboard instead of replacing
• -m, --markdown [LANGUAGE] - Wrap in markdown code fence
• -h, --help - Print help

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub.

Development

After checking out the repo:

bin/setup
bundle exec rake test

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.