June 2004
Intermediate to advanced
1056 pages
39h 58m
English
pbpaste
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.
-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, or
ruler settings. Defaults to
general.
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