can i use .bash_profile to create an alias which copies text from a file?

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I have a long string of text saved in a file that I want to easily copy to clipboard using Os X 10.11 terminal

Create an [Automator task for a Shell Script](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/281372/executing-shell-scripts-from-the-os-x-dock) that runs `pbcopy < name-of-template-file`. Then map that to a key. — kba, Feb 18 '16 at 17:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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pbcopy < myfile.txt

or

cat myfile.txt | pbcopy

See man pbcopy and man pbpaste.

(This is specific to Mac OS X; for Linux there are other similar commands.)

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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