Installing the command-line executable

Assuming you have Rust/Cargo installed, run this command in a terminal:

cargo install cb

It will make the cb command available in your PATH if you've allowed the PATH to be modified when installing Rust. cargo uninstall cb uninstalls.

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cb

Clipboard manager for Linux and macOS.

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:

cb get

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

echo foo | cb set

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

cb clear

Installation

Install Rust and then do:

cargo install cb

Compilation

For Debian-based Linux distributions, install the system dependencies:

sudo apt install xorg-dev libxcb-present-dev

Then, compile the binary:

cargo build