clipboard.zsh

# System clipboard integration
#
# This file has support for doing system clipboard copy and paste operations
# from the command line in a generic cross-platform fashion.
#
# On OS X and Windows, the main system clipboard or "pasteboard" is used. On other
# Unix-like OSes, this considers the X Windows CLIPBOARD selection to be the
# "system clipboard", and the X Windows `xclip` command must be installed.

# clipcopy - Copy data to clipboard
#
# Usage:
#
#  <command> | clipcopy    - copies stdin to clipboard
#
#  clipcopy <file>         - copies a file's contents to clipboard
#
function clipcopy() {
  emulate -L zsh
  local file=$1
  if [[ $OSTYPE == darwin* ]]; then
    if [[ -z $file ]]; then
      pbcopy
    else
      cat $file | pbcopy
    fi
  elif [[ $OSTYPE == cygwin* ]]; then
    if [[ -z $file ]]; then
      cat > /dev/clipboard
    else
      cat $file > /dev/clipboard
    fi
  else
    which xclip &>/dev/null
    if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
      print "clipcopy: Platform $OSTYPE not supported or xclip not installed" >&2
      return 1
    fi
    if [[ -z $file ]]; then
      xclip -in -selection clipboard
    else
      xclip -in -selection clipboard $file
    fi
  fi
}

# clippaste - "Paste" data from clipboard to stdout
#
# Usage:
#
#   clippaste   - writes clipboard's contents to stdout
#
function clippaste() {
  emulate -L zsh
  if [[ $OSTYPE == darwin* ]]; then
    pbpaste
  elif [[ $OSTYPE == cygwin* ]]; then
    cat /dev/clipboard
  else
    which xclip &>/dev/null 
    if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
      print "clipcopy: Platform $OSTYPE not supported or xclip not installed" >&2
      return 1
    fi
    xclip -out -selection clipboard
  fi
}