Name
pbpaste
Synopsis
pbpaste[-help] [-pboard ( general | find | font | ruler }] [-Prefer { ascii | rtf | ps }]
Prints the contents of the Clipboard to standard output. The
combination of pbcopy
and
pbpaste
may be an interesting tool to use in
scripting. However, the Clipboard can be modified by other processes
at any time, which limits the tool’s actual
usefulness.
Options
-
-help
Print a usage statement to standard output.
-
-Prefer
Specify the output format to use if the desired format (ASCII, Rich Text Format, or PostScript) is available in the Clipboard.
-
-pboard
Specify the pasteboard to use: either the name used for general copying and pasting or a special-purpose pasteboard used for holding
find
,font
, orruler
settings. Defaults togeneral
.
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