cb

clipboard manager

cb is a utility that allows you to get and set values on the system clipboard.

examples

Using cb is quite simple. Getting the current clipboard value is done via the following:

bash cb get

When setting a value on the system clipboard, simply pipe the value to cb:

bash echo foo | cb set

Finally, to clear a value from the clipboard, do the following:

bash cb clear

installation

If rust is installed:

bash cargo install cb

compilation

For debian-based distributions, install the system dependencies:

bash sudo apt install xorg-dev libxcb-present-dev

Then, compile the binary:

bash cargo build