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Show HN: Clippy – a better pbcopy for macOS that handles files properly


Unified clipboard tool for macOS that intelligently handles both text and file copying - neilberkman/clippy

Copy files from your terminal that actually paste into GUI apps. When you pbcopy < image.png, you can't paste it into Slack or email - those apps expect files, not raw bytes. No output unless--verbose flag is used Perfect for scripts and automation Errors still shown on stderr

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