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For my current project, most work happens in tmux on a remote system. Sometimes, I would like to copy text from the remote system to my local machine (i.e. for sending email). My current workflow is



  • Enter tmux copy mode and copy text

  • Run :save-buffer ~/clipboard in tmux

  • On my local machine, I have a command aliased to ssh remote-machine 'cat ~/clipboard' | pbcopy

This is a huge pain, and I'm wondering if there's a way to run a script in copy mode. Specifically, is there a way I can bind the command :save-buffer ~/clipboard to pressing Enter in copy mode? (or maybe on buffer update?)



The machine I am ssh'ing into the remote machine from is not constant, so it's ok if I still have to run the command on my mac.










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    For my current project, most work happens in tmux on a remote system. Sometimes, I would like to copy text from the remote system to my local machine (i.e. for sending email). My current workflow is



    • Enter tmux copy mode and copy text

    • Run :save-buffer ~/clipboard in tmux

    • On my local machine, I have a command aliased to ssh remote-machine 'cat ~/clipboard' | pbcopy

    This is a huge pain, and I'm wondering if there's a way to run a script in copy mode. Specifically, is there a way I can bind the command :save-buffer ~/clipboard to pressing Enter in copy mode? (or maybe on buffer update?)



    The machine I am ssh'ing into the remote machine from is not constant, so it's ok if I still have to run the command on my mac.










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      For my current project, most work happens in tmux on a remote system. Sometimes, I would like to copy text from the remote system to my local machine (i.e. for sending email). My current workflow is



      • Enter tmux copy mode and copy text

      • Run :save-buffer ~/clipboard in tmux

      • On my local machine, I have a command aliased to ssh remote-machine 'cat ~/clipboard' | pbcopy

      This is a huge pain, and I'm wondering if there's a way to run a script in copy mode. Specifically, is there a way I can bind the command :save-buffer ~/clipboard to pressing Enter in copy mode? (or maybe on buffer update?)



      The machine I am ssh'ing into the remote machine from is not constant, so it's ok if I still have to run the command on my mac.










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      For my current project, most work happens in tmux on a remote system. Sometimes, I would like to copy text from the remote system to my local machine (i.e. for sending email). My current workflow is



      • Enter tmux copy mode and copy text

      • Run :save-buffer ~/clipboard in tmux

      • On my local machine, I have a command aliased to ssh remote-machine 'cat ~/clipboard' | pbcopy

      This is a huge pain, and I'm wondering if there's a way to run a script in copy mode. Specifically, is there a way I can bind the command :save-buffer ~/clipboard to pressing Enter in copy mode? (or maybe on buffer update?)



      The machine I am ssh'ing into the remote machine from is not constant, so it's ok if I still have to run the command on my mac.







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          When in copy-mode, you can use copy-pipe <command>, with a command such as cat > ~/clipboard.



          In Tmux 2.5 or later, you can bind that to Enter with



          bind-key -T copy-mode Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe "cat > ~/clipboard"


          (or -T copy-mode-vi, depending on your mode-keys setting)



          See also: copy paste functionality with xclip non functional






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            When in copy-mode, you can use copy-pipe <command>, with a command such as cat > ~/clipboard.



            In Tmux 2.5 or later, you can bind that to Enter with



            bind-key -T copy-mode Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe "cat > ~/clipboard"


            (or -T copy-mode-vi, depending on your mode-keys setting)



            See also: copy paste functionality with xclip non functional






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              When in copy-mode, you can use copy-pipe <command>, with a command such as cat > ~/clipboard.



              In Tmux 2.5 or later, you can bind that to Enter with



              bind-key -T copy-mode Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe "cat > ~/clipboard"


              (or -T copy-mode-vi, depending on your mode-keys setting)



              See also: copy paste functionality with xclip non functional






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                When in copy-mode, you can use copy-pipe <command>, with a command such as cat > ~/clipboard.



                In Tmux 2.5 or later, you can bind that to Enter with



                bind-key -T copy-mode Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe "cat > ~/clipboard"


                (or -T copy-mode-vi, depending on your mode-keys setting)



                See also: copy paste functionality with xclip non functional






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                When in copy-mode, you can use copy-pipe <command>, with a command such as cat > ~/clipboard.



                In Tmux 2.5 or later, you can bind that to Enter with



                bind-key -T copy-mode Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe "cat > ~/clipboard"


                (or -T copy-mode-vi, depending on your mode-keys setting)



                See also: copy paste functionality with xclip non functional







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