clipboard

Clipboard

Copy content to the user's system clipboard.

How to Copy

Use a heredoc to reliably handle multi-line content, quotes, and special characters:

cat << 'EOF' | pbcopy
Your content here.
Can span multiple lines.
Handles "quotes" and 'apostrophes' without escaping.
EOF

Platform Commands

• macOS: pbcopy (copy) / pbpaste (verify)
• Linux: xclip -selection clipboard or xsel --clipboard

After Copying

Verify the clipboard content worked:

pbpaste | head -3

If verification shows different content, the sandbox may be blocking clipboard access. In that case, inform the user and display the text directly so they can copy it manually.