Copy terminal output to Mac clipboard?

Question

I need to directly copy the terminal stdout to the clipboard on Mac. How would I do this?

Example:

echo sometext | copy_to_clipboard

or

echo sometext > /private/clipboard.txt

I am interested to know if it is possible to do this when ssh'ed to another box as well http://superuser.com/questions/405491/how-can-i-copy-the-output-from-a-remote-command-into-the-local-clipboard — cwd, Mar 28 '12 at 16:24

score 33 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '12 at 18:17

33

Use pbcopy:

echo foo | pbcopy

Also see man pbcopy for info on it and pbpaste.

answered Mar 09 '12 at 18:17

roguesys

1

Or for a file, e.g. rsa key use pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub – Max MacLeod Dec 01 '18 at 16:16
But what if you SSH into some say Linux box and pbcopy is a local utility on the Mac? – DroidIn.net Jun 03 '22 at 18:10

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