Remote pbcopy

README.md

Use pbcopy over ssh

From https://seancoates.com/blogs/remote-pbcopy/.

1. Save pbcopy.plist to ~/Library/LaunchAgents/.
2. Load it: launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/pbcopy.plist.
3. Save pbcopy /usr/local/bin. Make sure it's executable.

pbcopy

cat | nc -q1 localhost 2224

pbcopy.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>localhost.pbcopy</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string>/usr/bin/pbcopy</string>
        </array>
        <key>inetdCompatibility</key>
        <dict>
            <key>Wait</key>
            <false/>
        </dict>
        <key>Sockets</key>
        <dict>
            <key>Listeners</key>
            <dict>
                <key>SockServiceName</key>
                <string>2224</string>
                <key>SockNodeName</key>
                <string>127.0.0.1</string>
            </dict>
        </dict>
    </dict>
</plist>