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yank — Read input from `stdin` and display a selection interface that allows a field to be selected and cop

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Problem

How to use the yank command: Read input from stdin and display a selection interface that allows a field to be selected and copied to the clipboard. More information: <https://manned.org/yank>.

Solution

yank — Read input from stdin and display a selection interface that allows a field to be selected and copied to the clipboard. More information: <https://manned.org/yank>.

Yank using the default delimiters (\f, \n, \r, \s, \t):

{{sudo dmesg}} | yank

Yank an entire line:

{{sudo dmesg}} | yank -l

Yank using a specific delimiter:

{{echo hello=world}} | yank -d {{=}}

Only yank fields matching a specific pattern:

{{ps ux}} | yank -g "{{[0-9]+}}"

Code Snippets

Yank using the default delimiters (\f, \n, \r, \s, \t)

{{sudo dmesg}} | yank

Yank an entire line

{{sudo dmesg}} | yank -l

Yank using a specific delimiter

{{echo hello=world}} | yank -d {{=}}

Only yank fields matching a specific pattern

{{ps ux}} | yank -g "{{[0-9]+}}"

Context

tldr-pages: common/yank

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