Clipboard Copy Commands A set of functions to simplify copying to the clipboard in the terminal.
🔑 This file adds copy and copypwd functions to your Fish shell. It's designed for fast CLI clipboard workflows and includes a smart help menu with colorized output.
Copy ⚠️ Ensure xclip is installed, as it's required for copying to your system clipboard.
Copy Place the script in your shell config directory (e.g., ~/.config/fish/functions/clipboard) and source it from your main config:
👨💻 echo 'source ~/.config/fish/functions/clipboard' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish
Copy It will remain silent when sourced.
🧪 Copy current working directory
📋 Will copy: /current/path/you/are/in
🧪 Copy a full path to a file
📋 Will copy: /full/path/to/myfile.ts
🧪 Copy a file's contents
📋 If the file contains "hello world", this string will be copied to the clipboard.
🧪 Show the colorized help menu
Any of the following commands will show the help menu:
⏹️ Recognized aliases: copy, copy -h, copy --h, copy help, copy -help, copy --help
##!/usr/bin/env fish
# A silent sourceable clipboard helper for Fish shell # Adds `copy`, `copypwd`, and a built-in colorized help menu
function copy set -l arg1 $argv [1] set -l arg2 $argv [2]
if test ( count $argv ) -eq 0 echo -e ( set_color yellow) "✦ No arguments provided. Type " ( set_color cyan) "copy --help" ( set_color yellow) " for usage." return 1 end
switch $arg1 case "help" "-h" "--h" "-help" "--help" echo "" echo -e ( set_color brmagenta) "╭──────────────────────────────────────────────╮" echo -e ( set_color brmagenta) "│" ( set_color green) " Fish Clipboard Helper v1.0 " ( set_color brmagenta) "│" echo -e ( set_color brmagenta) "╰──────────────────────────────────────────────╯" echo "" echo -e ( set_color cyan) "Commands:" echo -e ( set_color green) " copy [file]" ( set_color normal) " → Copies the contents of a file" echo -e ( set_color green) " copypwd" ( set_color normal) " → Copies the current working directory" echo -e ( set_color green) " copypwd [file]" ( set_color normal) " → Copies full absolute path to file" echo "" echo -e ( set_color cyan) "Help Aliases:" echo -e ( set_color yellow) " help, -h, --h, -help, --help" echo "" return 0
case "pwd" if test -n " $arg2 " set -l abs ( realpath " $arg2 " ^ /dev/null) if test -e " $abs " echo -n " $abs " | xclip -selection clipboard echo -e ( set_color green) "✓ Copied:" ( set_color normal) " $abs " else echo -e ( set_color red) "✗ File not found:" ( set_color normal) " $arg2 " end else echo -n ( pwd ) | xclip -selection clipboard echo -e ( set_color green) "✓ Copied current directory to clipboard." end return 0
case '*' if test -f " $arg1 " cat " $arg1 " | xclip -selection clipboard echo -e ( set_color green) "✓ Copied contents of file:" ( set_color normal) " $arg1 " else echo -e ( set_color red) "✗ File not found:" ( set_color normal) " $arg1 " end end end
function copypwd if test ( count $argv ) -eq 0 echo -n ( pwd ) | xclip -selection clipboard echo -e ( set_color green) "✓ Copied current directory." else set -l abs ( realpath " $argv [1]" ^ /dev/null) if test -e " $abs " echo -n " $abs " | xclip -selection clipboard echo -e ( set_color green) "✓ Copied full path to:" ( set_color normal) " $abs " else echo -e ( set_color red) "✗ File not found:" ( set_color normal) " $argv [1]" end end end