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Get pbcopy and pbpaste in Arch Linux

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Get pbcopy and pbpaste in Arch Linux

First you need the 'xsel' package.

$> pacman -S xsel

Then create aliases.

alias pbcopy='xsel --clipboard --input'
alias pbpaste='xsel --clipboard --output'

thanks a lot!

for those looking at this in 2021 and trying to figure out a way to make those aliases permanent, I've made slight adjustments.

Unfortunately I can't make a pull request on gists, but you may find the adjusted gist here unless the author of this gist wants to add it to theirs.

(Includes details for bash and zsh, feel free to add more)

Good stuff man thank you!

thanks

I guess it is pamac install xsel and not pacman install xsel (at least that you have the binaries in .tar.gz)

I guess it is pamac install xsel and not pacman install xsel (at least that you have the binaries in .tar.gz)