1 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

R copy => clip

@@ 1,17 1,81 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Simple xclip X dmenu script
+# Simple xclip X dmenu script, TL;DR Clipboard manager
+# Author: Skiqqy
 scriptname="$(basename "$0")"
 
 usage()
 {
 	cat << EOF
-$scriptname ~ Simple copy buffer
+
+$scriptname ~ Simple clipboard manager
+
+    Options
+      -h                  Shows this message.
+      -b PATH/TO/FILE     Specify the buffer file to use, current = "$buffer"
+
+    Commands
+      copy                Put current x selection into the buffer.
+      paste [put]         Select an item from the buffer, if put is supplied, paste automatically.
+      clean               Reset the buffer
+
 EOF
 	exit "${1:-0}"
 }
 
+# Select an item from the buffer to paste
+paste()
+{
+	local len
+	touch "$buffer"
+	len="$(wc -l "$buffer" | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 1)"
+
+	if [ "$len" -gt 0 ]
+	then
+		dmenu -l "$len" < "$buffer" | xclip -r -selection clipboard
+	else
+		printf 'Buffer is empty.\n'
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$1" = "put" ]
+	then
+		xdotool key 'ctrl+shift+v' # Paste the output.
+	fi
+}
+
+# Put current selection into the buffer
+copy()
+{
+	if [ ! "$(wc -l "$buffer"| tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 1)" -le "$max" ]
+	then
+		# Remove oldest item, ie top item in file
+		printf 'Buffer full, removing oldest entry...\n'
+		tail "$buffer" -n +2 > "$buffer.tmp"
+		mv "$buffer.tmp" "$buffer"
+	fi
+
+	if [ -n "$(xclip -o)" ]
+	then
+		{
+		xclip -o
+		printf '\n'
+		} >> "$buffer"
+	else
+		printf 'Selection is empty.\n'
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
+# Reset the buffer
+clean()
+{
+	printf 'Resetting buffer...\n'
+	true > "$buffer" # True is just to no-op
+}
+
 main()
 {
+	max=10 # Max items to be kept in the buffer.
 	buffer='/tmp/copy.buffer'
 
 	while getopts hb: opt


@@ 38,6 102,8 @@ main()
 	shift 1
 
 	case "$com" in
+		copy|paste|clean) $com "$@"
+			;;
 		'')
 			usage
 			;;