remote pbcopy with netcat
Quick start
while (true); do nc -l 2224 | pbcopy; done
#If your laptop is running linux, replacing pbcopy with xcopy should work:
#while (true); do nc -l 2224 | xcopy; done
echo "This text gets sent to clipboard" | nc localhost 2224
echo "RemoteForward 2224 localhost:2224" >> ~/.ssh/config
ssh remote -t 'cat blablabla | nc -q0 localhost 2224'
Daemonizing pbcopy
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/local.pbcopy.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>localhost.pbcopy</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/bin/pbcopy</string>
</array>
<key>inetdCompatibility</key>
<dict>
<key>Wait</key>
<false/>
</dict>
<key>Sockets</key>
<dict>
<key>Listeners</key>
<dict>
<key>SockServiceName</key>
<string>2224</string>
<key>SockNodeName</key>
<string>127.0.0.1</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
Remote pbcopy
scp pbcopy remote:/path_to/pbcopy
chmod a+x path_to/pbcopy
#!/bin/bash
[ -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ] && SESSION_TYPE="remote"
if [[ $SESSION_TYPE == "remote" ]]; then
cat | nc -q0 localhost 2224
else
cat | pbcopy
fi
links
http://brettterpstra.com/2014/02/19/remote-pbcopy-on-os-x-systems/