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YANK(1) General Commands Manual YANK(1) NAME yank -- yank terminal output to clipboard SYNOPSIS yank [-1ilxv] [-d delim] [-g pattern] [-- 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, see "COMMANDS". Press- ing the return key will invoke command and write the selected field to its stdin. The command defaults to xsel(1x) but could be anything that accepts input on stdin, see "EXAMPLES". The options are as follows: -1 If only one field is recognized, select it and invoke command with- out displaying the selection interface. -d delim All input characters not present in delim will be recognized as fields, see "DELIMITERS". -g pattern Use pattern to recognize fields, expressed as a POSIX extended reg- ular 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 args as the yank command. COMMANDS Ctrl-A | g Move selection to the first field. Ctrl-C | Ctrl-D Exit without invoking the yank command. Ctrl-E | G Move selection to the last field. Ctrl-P/Ctrl-N | Left/Right | h/l Move selection to the left or right. Up/Down | j/k Move selection to the next or previous line. Enter Exit using the selected field. DELIMITERS If the -d and -g options are omitted the following characters are recog- nized 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 an 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@basename.se> CAVEATS Recognizing fields enclosed in brackets requires `]' to be present before `[' in the argument given to the -d option, see re_format(7). FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly July 10, 2015 YANK(1)
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