st-copyout 669 B

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  1. #!/bin/sh
  2. # Using external pipe with st, give a dmenu prompt of recent commands,
  3. # allowing the user to copy the output of one.
  4. # xclip required for this script.
  5. # By Jaywalker and Luke
  6. tmpfile=$(mktemp /tmp/st-cmd-output.XXXXXX)
  7. trap 'rm "$tmpfile"' 0 1 15
  8. sed -n "w $tmpfile"
  9. sed -i 's/\x0//g' "$tmpfile"
  10. ps1="$(grep "\S" "$tmpfile" | tail -n 1 | sed 's/^\s*//' | cut -d' ' -f1)"
  11. chosen="$(grep -F "$ps1" "$tmpfile" | sed '$ d' | tac | dmenu -p "Copy which command's output?" -i -l 10 | sed 's/[^^]/[&]/g; s/\^/\\^/g')"
  12. eps1="$(echo "$ps1" | sed 's/[^^]/[&]/g; s/\^/\\^/g')"
  13. awk "/^$chosen$/{p=1;print;next} p&&/$eps1/{p=0};p" "$tmpfile" | xclip -selection clipboard