Render Latex and copy the image into the clipboard

formula.sh

#!/bin/sh

TEMPDIR=`mktemp -d --tmpdir=/tmp`
CURDIR=`pwd`
cd $TEMPDIR
echo "\documentclass[convert]{standalone}\begin{document}" > src.tex
echo $1 >> src.tex
echo "\end{document}" >> src.tex
pdflatex -shell-escape src.tex > /dev/null
cat src.png | xclip -selection c -t image/png
cd $CURDIR
rm -rf $TEMPDIR

# Usage: ./formula.sh "\(\frac{1}{2 \cdot \pi}\)"