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NAME
yank — yank terminal output to clipboard
SYNOPSIS
yank [-lx | -v] [-d delim] [-g pattern [-i]] [-- command [argument ...]]
DESCRIPTION
Read input from stdin and display a selection interface that allows a field to be selected and copied to
the clipboard. Fields are either recognized by a regular expression using the -g option or by splitting the
input on a delimiter sequence using the -d option, see DELIMITERS.
Using the arrow keys will move the selected field. The interface support several Emacs like key bindings,
see COMMANDS. Pressing the return key will invoke the yank command and write the selected field to the its
stdin. The yank command defaults to xsel(1) but could be anything that accepts input on stdin. When
invoking yank everything supplied after the -- option will be used as the yank command, see EXAMPLES.
OPTIONS
-d delim
all input characters not present in delim will be recognized as fields, see DELIMITERS
-g pattern
use the regular expression pattern to recognize fields expressed as a to POSIX extended regular
expression
-i ignore case differences between pattern and the input
-l use the default delimiters except for space, see DELIMITERS
-v prints version
-x use alternate screen
-- command [argument ...]
use command with zero or more argument as the yank command
COMMANDS
Ctrl-A move selection to the first field
Ctrl-C exit without invoking the yank command
Ctrl-E move selection to the last field
Ctrl-N or Right
move selection to the right
Ctrl-P or Left
move selection to the left
Down move selection to the next line
Up move selection to the previous line
Enter exit using the selected field
DELIMITERS
If the -d and -g options are omitted the following characters are recognized as delimiters by default:
\f form feed
\n new line
\r carriage return
\s space
\t horizontal tab
If the -d option is present space is not recognized as a delimiter.
EXAMPLES
Yank a environment variable key or value:
env | yank -d =
Yank a field from a CSV file:
yank -d \", <file.csv
Yank a whole line using the -l option:
make 2>&1 | yank -l
If stdout is not a terminal the selected field will be written to stdout and exit without invoking the yank
command. Kill the selected PID:
ps ux | yank -g [0-9]+ | xargs kill
Yank the selected field to the clipboard as opposed of the default primary clipboard:
yank -- xsel -b
DIAGNOSTICS
The yank utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
re_format(7)
AUTHORS
Anton Lindqvist <anton.lindqvist@gmail.com>