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.TH "FISH_CLIPBOARD_COPY" "1" "Sep 09, 2026" "4.9" "fish-shell"
.SH NAME
fish_clipboard_copy \- copy text to the system's clipboard
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBfish_clipboard_copy\fP

\fBfoo\fP | \fBfish_clipboard_copy\fP
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBfish_clipboard_copy\fP function copies text to the system clipboard.
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If stdin is not a terminal (see isatty \%<>), it will read all input from there and copy it. If it is, it will use the current commandline, or the current selection if there is one.
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It is bound to \fBctrl\fP\-\fBx\fP by default.
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\fBfish_clipboard_copy\fP works by calling a system\-specific backend. If it doesn\(aqt appear to work you may need to install yours.
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Currently supported are:
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\fBpbcopy\fP
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\fBwl\-copy\fP using wayland
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\fBxsel\fP and \fBxclip\fP for X11
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\fBclip.exe\fP on Windows.
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The OSC 52 clipboard sequence \%<#\:term-compat-osc-52>, which your terminal might support
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.SH SEE ALSO
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fish_clipboard_paste \- get text from the system\(aqs clipboard \%<> which does the inverse.
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.SH Copyright
fish-shell developers
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