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pbpaste — Send the contents of the clipboard to `stdout`. Comparable to pressing `<Cmd v>` on the keyboard. Mo

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Problem

How to use the pbpaste command: Send the contents of the clipboard to stdout. Comparable to pressing <Cmd v> on the keyboard. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/pbcopy.1>.

Solution

pbpaste — Send the contents of the clipboard to stdout. Comparable to pressing <Cmd v> on the keyboard. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/pbcopy.1>.

Write the contents of the clipboard to a file:
pbpaste > {{path/to/file}}


Use the contents of the clipboard as input to a command:
pbpaste | {{grep search_string}}

Code Snippets

Write the contents of the clipboard to a file

pbpaste > {{path/to/file}}

Use the contents of the clipboard as input to a command

pbpaste | {{grep search_string}}

Context

tldr-pages: osx/pbpaste

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