Script for copying files in a directory into clipboard

copy-files-to-clipboard.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check for required arguments
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <directory> <delimiter> [--include=<pattern>] [--exclude=<pattern>]"
    exit 1
fi

# Assign the first argument as the directory
DIRECTORY=$1

# Assign the second argument as the delimiter
DELIMITER=$2

# Optional arguments: include and exclude patterns
INCLUDE=""
EXCLUDE=""

# Process optional include and exclude arguments
for arg in "$@"; do
    case $arg in
        --include=*)
        INCLUDE="${arg#*=}"
        shift
        ;;
        --exclude=*)
        EXCLUDE="${arg#*=}"
        shift
        ;;
    esac
done

# Temp file to store the concatenated output
OUTPUT_FILE="/tmp/clipboard_output.txt"

# Clear the output file
> $OUTPUT_FILE

# Check if the directory exists
if [ ! -d "$DIRECTORY" ]; then
    echo "Error: Directory $DIRECTORY does not exist."
    exit 1
fi

# Build the find command based on the include and exclude patterns
FIND_CMD="find \"$DIRECTORY\" -type f"
if [ -n "$INCLUDE" ]; then
    FIND_CMD="$FIND_CMD -name \"$INCLUDE\""
fi
if [ -n "$EXCLUDE" ]; then
    FIND_CMD="$FIND_CMD ! -name \"$EXCLUDE\""
fi

# Execute the find command and process each file
eval $FIND_CMD | while read -r FILE; do
    # Append the filename as a comment
    echo "# Filename: $FILE" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
    # Append the file content
    cat "$FILE" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
    # Append the delimiter
    echo -e "\n$DELIMITER\n" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
done

# Copy the output file to clipboard using pbcopy (for macOS), xclip (Linux), or clip (Windows)
if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
    # For macOS
    pbcopy < $OUTPUT_FILE
    echo "Content copied to clipboard using pbcopy (macOS)."
elif command -v xclip &> /dev/null; then
    # For Linux with xclip
    xclip -selection clipboard < $OUTPUT_FILE
    echo "Content copied to clipboard using xclip (Linux)."
elif command -v clip &> /dev/null; then
    # For Windows in WSL
    clip < $OUTPUT_FILE
    echo "Content copied to clipboard using clip (WSL)."
else
    echo "No clipboard utility found. Please install pbcopy, xclip, or clip."
    exit 1
fi