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OSX command to take badly formatted xml from the clipboard, cleans it up and puts it back into the clipboard.

This command can be used with xclip or xsel for use on a linux box. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
<some>
<xml></xml>
</some>
```
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pbpaste | tidy -xml -wrap 0 | pbcopy

kzh · 2009-07-20 20:44:14 8
OSX Expand URL and Copy to Clipboard

Expand a URL, aka do a head request, and get the URL. Copy this value to clipboard.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
0

function expand_url() { curl -sI $1 | grep Location: | cut -d " " -f 2 | tr -d "\n" | pbcopy }

gt · 2011-08-21 05:30:09 4
Copy to clipboard in addition to stdout (OSX).

Very convenient to for sending data to the clipboard for processing. However, note that tee will affect the buffering of the output (stdout won't be update very live). Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
$ echo "Hi" | t
Hi
$ pbpaste
Hi
```
0

alias t="tee >(pbcopy)"

lgarron · 2014-01-24 12:41:07 10
alias that copies text into clipboard and clears clipboard after X seconds

This alias is useful if you need to use some text often. Executing the alias will copy the text into your clipboard and then remove it after X seconds. Show Sample Output
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```
No output
```
0

alias lp="echo -n \"some text to copy\" | pbcopy; sleep 120 && echo -n \"done\" | pbcopy &"

wsams · 2014-10-05 19:43:49 8
Remove duplicate lines from the current copy buffer.

OSX users as well as linux users with copy/paste buffer commands can remove duplicate items from their copy buffer with this command. I use this often when I have to copy a long list of items that I didn't generate, but I need to paste elsewhere in a list that's unique. If retaining the original order of lines isn't important to you, use the following command which is easier to remember. pbpaste | sort | uniq | pbcopy
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pbpaste | awk ' !x[$0]++' | pbcopy

dmengelt · 2015-02-05 19:38:38 12

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