https://github.com/printfn/bp
Cross-platform clipboard tool
https://github.com/printfn/bp
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Cross-platform clipboard tool
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/printfn/bp
- Owner: printfn
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2022-04-13T19:36:24.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-04T19:07:04.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-29T11:11:27.622Z (3 months ago)
- Language: Rust
- Homepage: https://crates.io/crates/bp
- Size: 60.5 KB
- Stars: 55
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# bp
`bp` ("better paste") is a cross-platform clipboard tool written in Rust, based on
[cb](https://gist.github.com/RichardBronosky/56d8f614fab2bacdd8b048fb58d0c0c7).
It can automatically detect whether to copy or paste, and is
optimised to work in pipes. Its behaviour is based on the
[`tee`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/tee.1.html)
command.
## Installation
[`bp`](https://crates.io/crates/bp) is on
[crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/bp), so you can install
it by running:
```bash
cargo install bp
```
## Usage
### Copy
```bash
# copy some text
echo "some text" | bp
# copy the HTML from `example.com`
curl https://example.com | bp
# copy the contents of `file.txt`
bp file.txt
# you can also pipe in a file
bp out.txt
```
### Chaining
```bash
# remove formatting from copied text
bp | bp
# prettify, copy and view `example.json`
cat example.json | jq | bp | less
# edit your current clipboard
bp | vipe | bp
# hex-encode contents of the clipboard
bp | xxd | bp
```
### Strip Whitespace
```bash
# copy some text with whitespace stripped
echo " some text " | bp -s
# paste to standard output with whitespace stripped
bp -s
some text%
```
## Licence
`bp` is available under the `GPL-3.0-or-later`.