IPython magic for copying into clipboard in zsh shell on macOS.

clip_magic.py

from IPython.core.magic import needs_local_scope, register_line_magic


@register_line_magic
@needs_local_scope
def clip(line, local_ns):
    import json
    import os
    import subprocess

    value = local_ns[line]
    subprocess.check_call(
        [
            os.environ["SHELL"],
            "-ic",
            "echo {} | clipcopy".format(json.dumps(value)),
        ],
        stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
    )