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Mac OS X for Unix Geeks
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Mac OS X for Unix Geeks

by Ernest E. Rothman, Brian Jepson
September 2002
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
216 pages
7h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

pbpaste

Syntax

pbpaste[-help] [-Prefer { ascii | rtf | ps }]

Description

Prints the contents of the pasteboard to standard output. The combination of pbcopy and pbpaste may be an interesting tool to use in scripting. However, the system’s global pasteboard can be modified by other processes at any time, which limits the tool’s actual usefulness.

Options/Usage

-help

Prints a usage statement to standard output.

-Prefer

Specifies the output format to use if the desired format (ASCII, Rich Text Format, or PostScript) is available in the pasteboard.

Location

/usr/bin

Operating System

Mac OS X
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Publisher Resources

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