# Copyright (C) 2026 Rootiest # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later # CATEGORY # 09-clipboard # # SYNOPSIS # y [text...] # # DESCRIPTION # Copies text to the system clipboard using wl-copy (Wayland) or xclip (X11). # Reads from stdin when no arguments are given. # # ARGUMENTS # text Text to copy; reads from stdin if omitted # # EXIT STATUS # 0 Text copied to clipboard # 1 No clipboard provider found # # EXAMPLE # y "hello world" # ls | y # cat file.txt | y function y --description 'Yank to clipboard' # Check for help flag if contains -- -h $argv; or contains -- --help $argv set -l c_head (set_color --bold cyan) set -l c_cmd (set_color --bold) set -l c_arg (set_color cyan) set -l c_dim (set_color brblack) set -l c_reset (set_color normal) echo "$c_head""Usage:$c_reset $c_cmd""y$c_reset $c_arg""[TEXT]$c_reset or $c_arg""[COMMAND]$c_reset | $c_cmd""y$c_reset" echo "" echo "$c_head""Examples:$c_reset" echo " $c_cmd""y$c_reset \"hello world\" "$c_dim"Copy a string directly"$c_reset echo " ls | $c_cmd""y$c_reset "$c_dim"Copy output of a command"$c_reset echo " $c_cmd""y$c_reset < file.txt "$c_dim"Copy contents of a file"$c_reset echo " cat file.txt | $c_cmd""y$c_reset "$c_dim"Another way to copy a file"$c_reset return 0 end # Determine the clipboard provider set -l copy_cmd if type -q wl-copy set copy_cmd wl-copy else if type -q xclip set copy_cmd xclip -selection clipboard else echo "Error: No clipboard provider (wl-copy or xclip) found." >&2 return 1 end # Handle input if set -q argv[1] # If arguments are provided, echo them to the clipboard echo $argv | eval $copy_cmd else # If no arguments, read from stdin (pipes/redirects) eval $copy_cmd end end # SYNOPSIS # cb [text...] # # DESCRIPTION # Alias for y — copies text to the system clipboard. # # ARGUMENTS # text Text to copy; reads from stdin if omitted # # EXAMPLE # ls | cb function cb --wraps='y' --description 'Alias cb=y' y $argv end