macOS command-line tools you might not know about

Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by inanutshellus on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @08:58AM (#36492101)

I love this flow! Such a powerful and clean way to solve text issues.

    # This will remove Windows double-spaced empty lines from your copy/paste buffer
    alias winlines="sed '/^$/{$!{N;s/\n//;};}'"
    
    # pbw = [P]aste [B]uffer to fix [W]indows line endings
    alias pbw="pbpaste | winlines | pbcopy"

Also - if you want `pbpaste` and `pbcopy` on Linux...

    # imitate MacOS's paste buffer copy/paste:
    alias pbcopy='xsel --clipboard --input'
    alias pbpaste='xsel --clipboard --output'

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by computerfriend on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @09:59AM (#36492879)

Here's the xclip way (almost the same actually).

    alias pbcopy="xclip -selection clipboard"
    alias pbpaste="xclip -selection clipboard -o"

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by lordgrenville on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @10:29AM (#36493355)

I use this, and another Mac affordance I copy in Linux is

    alias open="xdg-open"

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by lozf on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @02:13PM (#36496613)

There's `wl-copy` and `wl-paste` for Wayland users too, via https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by netr0ute on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @03:06PM (#36497311)

And `cb` which works cross-platform, via https://github.com/Slackadays/clipboard

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