Cygwin alternative for OSX pbcopy?

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Is there a Cygwin alternative for OS X's pbcopy?

pbcopy, pbpaste - provide copying and pasting to the pasteboard (the Clipboard) 
from command line

We will need much more information to give good recommendations here – asking for "a tool like X" is never giving enough details, even if linked. You should always list your requirements explicitly. Please see How to ask for an alternative to some software and the questions linked to it for details. What is pbcopy? What features must your "alternative" have? There are people who might know exactly what you want – but cannot tell you because they don't know they know (not knowing pbcopy) ;) Please edit your post and specify. — Izzy♦, Jun 3 '15 at 8:31

kqw · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-02 15:27:17Z

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Apparently Cygwin has /dev/clipboard, so you can do stuff like echo test >/dev/clipboard.

answered Jun 2 '15 at 15:27

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+1. "Fun with Cygwin's /dev/clipboard" was also well worth reading. – unforgettableidSupportsMonica Sep 2 '15 at 2:01

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Hugo Ideler · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-21 15:21:53Z

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Microsoft Windows has a native solution that you can also use in Cygwin: clip. For example:

systeminfo | clip

Further details: Microsoft TechNet.

answered Jun 21 '16 at 15:21

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Rohaq · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-24 14:37:40Z

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I've got the following in my ~/.bash_profile, which essentially adds OS X's pbcopy and pbpaste to Cygwin:

if [ -e /dev/clipboard ]; then        
    alias pbcopy='cat >/dev/clipboard'
    alias pbpaste='cat /dev/clipboard'
fi

answered Oct 24 '19 at 14:32

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