clipboarder copy

Put a history item back onto the macOS clipboard. Does not synthesize ⌘V — use the GUI overlay if you want to paste-back into the previously-focused app.

Synopsis

clipboarder copy <id>

Behavior

• For text-shaped items (text, url, repo, code, color, email, music, video, file, pdf): writes the content to NSPasteboard as text.
• For image items (kind image): reads the cached PNG and writes it to NSPasteboard as an image.

After running, your next ⌘V (anywhere) pastes the item.

Examples

# Re-copy the most recent code snippet
clipboarder list --kind code --limit 1 --json | jq '.[0].id' | xargs clipboarder copy

# Pipe an item's content through pbpaste-equivalent flow
clipboarder copy 42 && pbpaste > out.txt

For text content, an equivalent stdout-pipe is often simpler:

clipboarder show 42 | pbcopy

The CLI's copy is preferred when you need image fidelity or when you don't want to spawn pbcopy.

Exit codes

Exit	Meaning
0	Wrote to NSPasteboard
1	Item id not found
3	Storage / clipboard error