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CLI command

jeden copy

Hand an exact payload to the operator's clipboard from outside an interactive session.

Exact invocation#

Shell
jeden copy <text> | jeden copy - [--json]

Inputs and options#

  • Required: the text to copy as positional words, or a single - to read the payload from standard input.
  • Optional: --json returns the copied byte count and the writer that accepted the payload.

Output and state effect#

Writes the payload with the first clipboard writer this platform offers (pbcopy, then the Windows and Wayland/X11 writers), the same order /copy uses inside a session. Nothing is stored, logged or sent anywhere else.

Refusals and boundaries#

  • No text is refused as copy requires the text to hand over, or - to read the payload from stdin.
  • copy - with a terminal on standard input is refused as copy - reads the payload from stdin, and stdin is a terminal here.
  • An empty or whitespace payload is refused rather than replacing the clipboard with nothing.