pbcopy

OSX's pbcopy and pbpaste for Linux

pbcopy paste data from the clipboard to STDOUT. pbpaste paste data from the clipboard.

Usage

Copy a list of files in your home directory to the OS X clipboard:

$ ls ~ | pbcopy

Copy the contents of a file to the clipboard:

$ pbcopy < cookies.txt

Copy part of a file to the clipboard

$ grep 'ip address' serverlist.txt | pbcopy

Paste from your clipboard to stdout echo pbpaste

$ pbpaste

Paste from your clipboard to a file

$ pbpaste > clipboard.txt

Paste from your clipboard to a file in a remote host

$ pbpaste | ssh username@host 'cat > ~/myclipboard.txt'