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