osc52

Copy and paste through a terminal emulator that supports the OSC 52 clipboard sequence.

• https://remino.net/osc52/
• Source code

2026 Rémino Rem https://remino.net/

• Installation
• Usage

Installation

brew install remino/remino/osc52

Or run the scripts directly from a clone:

git clone git@github.com:remino/remutils.git
cd remutils/osc52

Usage

Copy standard input or arguments:

printf 'Hello, clipboard!' | osc52copy
osc52copy 'Hello, clipboard!'
# equivalent: osc52 copy 'Hello, clipboard!'

Paste the terminal clipboard to standard output:

osc52paste
# equivalent: osc52 paste

Your terminal emulator must enable OSC 52 clipboard read and write access.