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cb — Cut, copy, and paste anything in the terminal. More information: <https://github.com/Slackadays/Clip

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How to use the cb command: Cut, copy, and paste anything in the terminal. More information: <https://github.com/Slackadays/Clipboard#-7>.

cb — Cut, copy, and paste anything in the terminal. More information: <https://github.com/Slackadays/Clipboard#-7>.

Show all clipboards:

cb

Copy a file to the clipboard:

cb copy {{path/to/file}}

Copy some text to the clipboard:

cb copy "{{Some example text}}"

Copy piped data to the clipboard:

echo "{{Some example text}}" | cb

Paste clipboard content:

cb paste

Pipe out clipboard content:

cb | cat

Show clipboard history:

cb history

Show clipboard information:

cb info

Show all clipboards

cb

Copy a file to the clipboard

cb copy {{path/to/file}}

Copy some text to the clipboard

cb copy "{{Some example text}}"

Copy piped data to the clipboard

echo "{{Some example text}}" | cb

Paste clipboard content

cb paste

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