You can do this with tmux too. ~/.tmux.conf: # export to clipboard. bind-key > run-shell -b 'tmux save-buffer - | xclip' # paste from clipboar

You can do this with tmux too. ~/.tmux.conf: # export to clipboard. bind-key > run-shell -b 'tmux save-buffer - | xclip' # paste from clipboard. bind-key < run-shell -b '( xclip -o | tmux load-buffer - ) && tmux paste-buffer' (edit: my actual setup is slightly different. It interacts with a Windows clipboard via ssh where the terminal is running. cf. https://github.com/euske/pyrexecd/blob/master/tools/tmux.conf https://github.com/euske/pyrexecd/blob/master/tools/tmux.con... )