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Clip is a command-line interface (CLI) tool that allows you to store and quickly access text snippets and manage your clipboard.
Installation ++++++++++++
Installing Clip is simple with pip:
$ pip install clip
You can also use a mirror by typing:
$ pip install -i http://simple.crate.io/ clip
Getting the Code ++++++++++++++++
You can either clone the public repository:
git clone git@github.com:silent1mezzo/clip.git
Download the tarball:
$ curl -OL https://github.com/silent1mezzo/clip/tarball/master
Or, download the zipball:
$ curl -OL https://github.com/silent1mezzo/clip/zipball/master
Once you have a copy of the source, you can embed it in your Python package, or install it into your site-packages easily:
$ python setup.py install
Quick Start +++++++++++ You can get started with clip quickly by typing clip in your terminal to pull up the help text.
Here are a few commands you can try out
Creating a List:
$ clip <list_name>
$ clip websites
Viewing a List:
$ clip <list_name>
$ clip websites
...
Adding a snippet:
$ clip <list_name> <key> <value>
$ clip websites django1.5 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.5/
Getting a snippet:
$ clip <list_name> <key>
$ clip websites django1.5
'https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.5/' has been copied to your clipboard
You can also omit the list_name and it’ll try to find the key
$ clip django1.5
'https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.5/' has been copied to your clipboard
Deleting a List/Key
$ clip delete <list_name>
$ clip delete websites
$ clip delete <list_name> <key>
$ clip delete websites django1.5
Opening a snippet in your browser:
$ clip open <list_name> <key>
$ clip open websites django1.5
$ clip open <key>
$ clip open django1.5
Docs ++++ Docs are coming soon!
0.2.0 (2012-01-19) ++++++++++++++++++
polyphemus <https://github.com/polyphemus>
_)durden <https://github.com/durden>
_)0.1.0 (2012-12-20) ++++++++++++++++++
0.0.1 (2012-12-19) ++++++++++++++++++
FAQs
A CLI clipboard manager
We found that clip demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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