OS X: Manipulating the Clipboard via Command Line
March 5, 2010
So I somehow just found out that you can manipulate OS X’s clipboard via command line. The utility that does it is called pbcopy (and pbpaste).
[bash]echo "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" | pbcopy[/bash]
Now, go into any OS X application and perform the paste (⌘-v) command and you’ll have the content you placed there via command line. Or you can use the related pbpaste to output your content.
[bash]pbpaste (to wherever)[/bash]
