How to copy to the clipboard the current path?

Question

How can I copy the current path in the bash terminal, using just one command?

Jo So · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-27T14:09:39.957

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Needs xsel installed:

pwd | xsel -i

(if you don't want the trailing newline, use printf %s "$(pwd)" | xsel -i (mostly correct) pwd | head -c -1 | xsel -i (perfectly correct))

Update August 2014: The xsel program is broken: See my bugreport.

Probably you can get along with xclip as well.

edited Aug 27 '14 at 14:09

answered Mar 28 '13 at 19:38

Jo So

+1 I'm not sure I understand the version that pipes through `head`, though. Why pass only the first byte to `xsel`? – chepner Mar 28 '13 at 20:04
this means "pass everything but the last byte" (which we know is the added newline) – Jo So Mar 28 '13 at 20:40
Oh, right. I was reading that as `head -c 1 -1`. – chepner Mar 29 '13 at 04:56
Unable to locate package xsel !..any other suggestion ! – CoDe Jun 26 '15 at 12:15
@Shubh: `xclip` can be used instead. Actually, `xsel` is quite buggy: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=758599 – Jo So Jun 26 '15 at 15:35

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 28 '13 at 20:29

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pwd | tr -d '\n' | pbcopy

Try this... Best I can come up with on my phone.

edited Mar 28 '13 at 20:29

fedorqui

answered Mar 28 '13 at 18:57

stevenelberger

doesn't work............. – tirenweb Mar 28 '13 at 19:02
`pbcopy` is specific to Mac OS X; it is not available in Linux. – chepner Mar 28 '13 at 19:06
Woops! Sorry for overlooking that. – stevenelberger Mar 28 '13 at 20:55

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