- Add `show-arguments` recipe documenting all version update commands - Add `complete-update-interactive` recipe for manual confirmations - Maintain `complete-update` as automatic mode (no prompts) - Update `update-help` to reference new recipes and modes - Document 7-step workflow and step-by-step differences Changes: - complete-update: Automatic mode (recommended for CI/CD) - complete-update-interactive: Interactive mode (with confirmations) - show-arguments: Complete documentation of all commands and modes - Both modes share same 7-step workflow with different behavior in Step 4
📋 nu_plugin_clipboard
A nushell plugin for interacting with the clipboard, allowing you to copy/paste text, objects, and tables.
✨ Features
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clipboard copy: Copies input text to the clipboard.-
Daemon Behavior: Since version 0.105.2, using env variables will try to detect display server. This config will override this behavior, if you need to override this please report and issue:
$env.config.plugins.clipboard.NO_DAEMON = true -
To make this setting permanent, add it to your
config env.
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clipboard paste: Retrieves the current clipboard content.
⚠️ Important
If you face the error Error: × Clipboard Error: The clipboard contents were not available in the requested format...
Try disabling the daemon mode, as mentioned in #20.
📌 Usage Examples
Copying a string (supports only strings for now)
echo "test value" | clipboard copy
Using clipboard content
clipboard paste | echo $in
Copying tables and objects
- Tables and objects are internally converted to JSON.
- When pasting,
clipboard pastetries to parse JSON into a table or object. - If parsing fails, the content is returned as a string.
$env | clipboard copy
clipboard paste
ps | clipboard copy
clipboard paste
🔧 Installation
🚀 Recommended: Using nupm
This method automatically handles dependencies and features:
git clone https://github.com/FMotalleb/nu_plugin_clipboard.git
nupm install --path nu_plugin_clipboard -f
⚙️ Supported Features
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use-wayland: Prioritizes the Wayland API, but falls back to X11 if needed. -
enforce-daemon: (Deprecated) Now always enabled on Linux. Disable with:$env.config.plugins.clipboard.NO_DAEMON = true
🛠️ Manual Compilation
git clone https://github.com/FMotalleb/nu_plugin_clipboard.git
cd nu_plugin_clipboard
cargo build -r
plugin add target/release/nu_plugin_clipboard
📦 Install via Cargo (using git)
cargo install --git https://github.com/FMotalleb/nu_plugin_clipboard.git
plugin add ~/.cargo/bin/nu_plugin_clipboard
📦 Install via Cargo (crates.io) Not Recommended
- Since I live in Iran and crates.io won't let me update my packages like a normal person, most of the time crates.io is outdated.
cargo install nu_plugin_clipboard
plugin add ~/.cargo/bin/nu_plugin_clipboard