pbcopy-ruby

A simple Ruby gem that makes a global pbcopy function available to copy text to the system clipboard.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'pbcopy-ruby'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install pbcopy-ruby

After installing the gem, you can use the pbcopy function anywhere in your Ruby code:

require 'pbcopy-ruby'

# Copy a string to clipboard
pbcopy("Hello, clipboard!")

# Also works with other objects that respond to to_s
pbcopy(123)
pbcopy([:a, :b, :c])

# You can chain it in expressions as it returns the input
puts pbcopy("This text is copied and printed")

This gem requires the pbcopy command, which is available by default on macOS. It will not work on other operating systems without additional configuration.

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.