Export from command line in Windows

[PEG71]

Hi,

I would like to backup using the command line but the copyq exporttab does not work on the Windows version. It works well on Linux, though. I also found that the command copyq help does not return anything. Is this a bug?

Thanks for your help.

[hluk]

Not having console output on Windows is a bug (#349), unfortunately there is no simple way to fix it.

You can show output in PowerShell with following command.

copyq help 2>&1 | Write-Output

Always pass file path as argument after -- (otherwise \n, \t and similar sequences are parsed as special characters). E.g.

copyq tab clipboard exporttab -- c:\backup\copyq\clipboard.cpq 2>&1 | Write-Output

[PEG71]

Great! It works fine now! Weird bug indeed. While we are on the subject of exporting, is there a way to export all tabs at once?

Thanks

[hluk]

It's easier just to backup configuration folder. Otherwise you would need to iterate through lines returned by copyq tab.

There is old feature request to import/export all tabs and configuration (#42).