# shellcheck shell=bash cite 'about-alias' about-alias 'xclip shortcuts' alias pbcopy="xclip -selection clipboard" alias pbpaste="xclip -selection clipboard -o" alias xcpy="xclip -selection clipboard" alias xpst="xclip -selection clipboard -o" # to use it just install xclip on your distribution and it would work like: # $ echo "hello" | xcpy # $ xpst # hello # very useful for things like: # cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | xcpy # have fun!