Copies the contents of a saved register, a file, or stdin to the clipboard, or manipulates the registry.
Installing it
To install from pypi:
pip install snipco
From source, there are two ways:
If you have make, run:
make install
Otherwise, run:
./setup.py install --user
Usage
snipco [-h] [-g [name_or_path]] [-s [name]] [-x [name]] [-l]
[-p [name]] [-f [path]] [-t [text]] [-v]
snipco [-h] [-g [name_or_path]] [-s [name]] [-x [name]] [-l]
[-p [name]] [-f [path]] [-v]
For command-line help, just run:
snipco --help
Arguments
All arguments are optional; if no arguments are provided, then snipco will copy the contents of stdin to the clipboard. If –file or –text is the sole argument given, then the contents of the file or quoted text, respectively, will be copied to the clipboard.
-h, –help |
show help and exit |
-g [name_or_path], –get [name_or_path] |
Copy the contents of the saved register. The named key must exist. |
-s [register_name], –set [register_name] |
Save the input to a named register. Uses stdin as input unless either –file or –text is specified. |
-f [path], –file [path] |
Specify a file to use instead of stdin for –set. If no other arguments are supplied, copies the contents of the given file directly to the clipboard. |
-t “text to save”, –text “text to save” |
Specify quote-delimited text on the command-line instead of stdin. If no other arguments are supplied, copies the text directly to the clipboard. |
-l, –list |
List the existing registers |
-p [name], –print [name] |
Print the contents of the named register. The registry key must exist. |
-x [register_name], –unset [register_name] |
Unset the named register. |
-v, –version |
show program’s version number and exit |
Examples
Save text from a file dirctly to the clipboard:
snipco --file path/to/file.txt
or:
cat path/to/file.txt | snipco
Save text to a named register:
snipco --set myregister --text "Hello, world!"
Copy text from the register to the clipboard:
snipco --get myregister
Print text in the register to stdout:
snipco --print myregister
Unset the register:
snipco --unset myregister
List the registers you’ve saved:
snipco --list
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