v1.1.0

copy v1.1.0

A small, dependency-free CLI tool that pipes stdin to the system clipboard,
automatically detecting X11, Wayland, WSL, macOS, or Termux backends.

Installation

Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS (amd64):

sudo dpkg -i copy_1.1.0_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Any other distribution (build from source):

git clone https://github.com/MaxEdgar/copy.git
cd copy
make
sudo make install

What's new in this release

• -n, --lines N — copy only the last N lines of input, like tail -n
• -c, --chars N — copy only the last N characters of input
• -p, --print — also print the copied text to stdout, to verify it
• -k, --keep-newline — preserve a trailing newline (stripped by default)
• -h, --help and -v, --version flags
• Manual page: man copy
• Input buffer now grows dynamically instead of using a fixed cap, with
  a 512 MB safety ceiling to prevent unbounded memory use. If ever
  reached, copy errors out and copies nothing rather than silently
  truncating input
• Fixed a bug where a crashed or early-exiting clipboard backend could
  kill the process via SIGPIPE instead of failing gracefully

Full changelog: see CHANGELOG.md

Usage

echo hello | copy
cat notes.txt | copy
tail -f app.log | copy -n 20
dmesg | copy -c 500 -p

License

MIT