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added alias for xclip command #1773

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aliases: clipboard: Add more aliases for xclip command
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aliases: clipboard: Add shellcheck header
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aliases: clipboard: Remove command_exists check
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21 changes: 9 additions & 12 deletions aliases/available/clipboard.aliases.bash
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# shellcheck shell=bash
cite 'about-alias'
about-alias 'pbcopy and pbpaste shortcuts to linux'
about-alias 'xclip shortcuts'

case $OSTYPE in
linux*)
XCLIP=$(command -v xclip)
[[ $XCLIP ]] && \
alias pbcopy="$XCLIP -selection clipboard" && \
alias pbpaste="$XCLIP -selection clipboard -o"
;;
esac
alias pbcopy="xclip -selection clipboard"
alias pbpaste="xclip -selection clipboard -o"

alias xcpy="xclip -selection clipboard"
alias xpst="xclip -selection clipboard -o"
# to use it just install xclip on your distribution and it would work like:
# $ echo "hello" | pbcopy
# $ pbpaste
# $ echo "hello" | xcpy
# $ xpst
# hello

# very useful for things like:
# cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy
# cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | xcpy
# have fun!