tldr/pages/osx/pbpaste.md

# pbpaste

> Send the contents of the clipboard to `stdout`.
> Comparable to pressing `<Cmd v>` on the keyboard.
> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/pbpaste.1.html>.

- Write the contents of the clipboard to a file:

`pbpaste > {{path/to/file}}`

- Use the contents of the clipboard as input to a command:

`pbpaste | grep foo`
Add OS X-only commands: pbcopy / pbpaste 2014-01-31 21:17:32 -05:00			`# pbpaste`

pages/: add backticks around I/O streams (#10436) as suggested in #10428 * standard input => `stdin` * standard output => `stdout` * standard error => `stderr` Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> 2023-08-09 07:29:02 +02:00			> Send the contents of the clipboard to `stdout`.
pages/osx/: apply keypress specifications (#15858) 2025-03-07 14:02:32 +02:00			> Comparable to pressing `<Cmd v>` on the keyboard.
pages.*: use keith.github.io for builtin man pages (#12168) 2024-01-31 07:20:27 -03:00			`> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/pbpaste.1.html>.`
Add OS X-only commands: pbcopy / pbpaste 2014-01-31 21:17:32 -05:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Write the contents of the clipboard to a file:`
Add OS X-only commands: pbcopy / pbpaste 2014-01-31 21:17:32 -05:00
*: path/to/everything (#9589) 2022-12-04 10:12:49 +01:00			`pbpaste > {{path/to/file}}`
Add OS X-only commands: pbcopy / pbpaste 2014-01-31 21:17:32 -05:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Use the contents of the clipboard as input to a command:`
Add OS X-only commands: pbcopy / pbpaste 2014-01-31 21:17:32 -05:00
			`pbpaste \| grep foo`