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Zsh scripts to copy or paste image in Ubuntu / WSL
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| #!/usr/bin/env zsh | |
| () { | |
| local file_type="$(file -b --mime-type "$1")" | |
| if [[ "$file_type" == "image/png" ]]; then | |
| cat "$1" | powershell.exe -c ' | |
| Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing; | |
| Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms; | |
| $ms = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream | |
| $stdin = [Console]::OpenStandardInput() | |
| $stdin.CopyTo($ms) | |
| $img = [System.Drawing.Image]::FromStream($ms) | |
| [System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::SetImage($img) | |
| $img.Dispose() | |
| $ms.Dispose() | |
| ' | |
| else | |
| cat "$1" | clip.exe | |
| fi | |
| } =(cat) # Flush all input to the temp file, that supports lseek |
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| #!/usr/bin/env zsh | |
| powershell.exe -c ' | |
| Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms; | |
| if ([System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::ContainsImage()) { | |
| [Console]::Write("0") | |
| $image = [System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::GetImage() | |
| $ms = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream | |
| $image.Save($ms, [System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat]::Png) | |
| [Console]::OpenStandardOutput().Write($ms.ToArray(), 0, $ms.Length) | |
| $ms.Dispose() | |
| } else { | |
| [Console]::Write("1") | |
| $OutputEncoding = [Console]::InputEncoding = [Console]::OutputEncoding = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding | |
| Get-Clipboard | |
| } | |
| ' | ( | |
| local ctl | |
| read -k1 -u0 ctl | |
| if [[ $ctl == "1" ]]; then | |
| sed 's/\r$//' | sed -z '$ s/\n$//' | |
| else | |
| cat | |
| fi | |
| ) |
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