On: Show HN: Cut, copy, and paste files in the termina...

[dredmorbius]

For what it's worth, I discovered them on my own.

And, no criticism at creating your own implementation, but it's very, very far from the first CLI-clipboard integration.

If it makes you feel any better, I've coded up my own solutions to several problems, only to discover existing, and better, solutions myself. Multiple times.

[netr0ute → dredmorbius]

The other problem here is that if an average user can't easily discover those other options, then they might as well not exist. In comparison, "Clipboard" is exactly what you'd search for and is exactly what you think it is.

[dredmorbius → netr0ute]

Searching "command line clipboard for ...":

MacOS: <https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=command+line+clipboard+maco...>

First result, pbcopy/pbpaste: <https://osxdaily.com/2009/12/09/access-the-clipboard-from-th...>

Linux: <https://duckduckgo.com/?q=command+line+clipboard+linux&t=ffa...>

First result, several, including xclip: <https://www.baeldung.com/linux/clipboard>

Android: <https://duckduckgo.com/?q=command+line+clipboard+android&t=f...>

This does worse, though there are, again, several options listed.

If you think to substitute "Termux" for "Android", this becomes the first result:

<https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Termux-clipboard-set>

Again: it's fine to produce tools, even redundant ones. But you'd be more credible with greater accuracy in your claims and statements.

[g105b → dredmorbius]

For what it's worth, I love working with stdin/stdout/redirection.