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Fuzzy awesome copy to sys clipboard w/yank & fzf

Say you want to copy a pid of a process to system clipboard, you could run ps ax, maybe grep on the result, connect your trusty mouse and try to select the value and hit ⌘ + c.

Or you can use the amazing fuzzy finder FZF (brew install fzf) in combination with Yank (brew install yank).

ps ax | fzf | yank

Now simply start typing the name of the process. When you press return you will get the columns broken down into a selectable prompt - choose one and press return. It is now in your system clipboard.

Here's a demo:

demo

This will work with any column spaced or even multiline response. Try running ps ax | yank.

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