copytools.sh

These functions will allow you to copy something and drop it off somewhere else.

The idea is that you should not have to spell out the full path(s) of a file in a single command, but navigate to the file, do the copy action, navigate to a desired location and do the paste action.

The beauty is that the functions work with the system clipboard. A copy action done in the command line will be accessible in a GUI app (and vice versa).

List of available functions

• cpwd: copy working directory
• cpfc: copy file contents
• cpfp: copy file path
• p: print clipboard content to stdout
• pf: paste file to current working directory
• mvf: move file to current working directory

Demo

Setup

Assuming that $LOCATION is the location of the script on your system, add this line to your .bashrc/.zshrc:

source $LOCATION/copytools.sh

Compatibility

Bash/ZSH on MacOS/Linux. Headless Linux servers are not supported.