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I use the following to edit contents of my clipboard: pbpaste | vipe | pbcopy Where vipe is a util for inserting your editor (vim) in the middle of a pipe

• rasen58 3y ago
  This is great utility I didn't know about! Thanks! But do you know why it doesn't seem to work with the `pbfilter` function? If I do directly `pbpaste | vipe | pbcopy`, then it opens vim and the clipboard text is pasted there. But if I run `pbfilter | vipe`, then vim opens with a blank buffer. function pbfilter() { if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then pbpaste | "$@" | pbcopy else pbpaste | pbcopy fi } It seems that the number of args is 0 for some reason
  • nneonneo 3y ago
    I think you have to use `pbfilter vipe`, as the argument to pbfilter is inserted into the middle of the pipe.