A cross-platform clipboard utility for Go.
It offers abilities for copying and pasting plain text.
go get github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard
https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard
| OS | Supported copy tools | Supported paste tools |
|---|---|---|
| Darwin | pbcopy |
pbpaste |
| Windows | clip.exe |
powershell |
| Linux/FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD/Dragonfly | X11: xsel, xclip Wayland: wl-copy |
X11: xsel, xclip Wayland: wl-paste |
| Solaris | X11: xsel, xclip |
X11: xsel, xclip |
| Android (via Termux) | termux-clipboard-set |
termux-clipboard-get |
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
clipboard "github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard/clipboard"
)
func main() {
text := "some text"
c := clipboard.New()
if err := c.CopyText(text); err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
os.Exit(1)
}
fmt.Printf("text \"%s\" was copied into clipboard. Paste it elsewhere.\n", text)
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
clipboard "github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard/clipboard"
)
func main() {
c := clipboard.New()
text, err := c.PasteText()
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
os.Exit(1)
}
fmt.Printf("text from clipboard: %v\n", text)
}
make test
run-tasks.bat test