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coreyhermanson/list_to_clipboard.py

Created June 30, 2016 16:52
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Takes a list of strings and copies them to the Clipboard, ready to paste. Useful function if you need to copy a list of results into Excel or Notepad++. Uses Python and pyperclip module.
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list_to_clipboard.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
import pyperclip
example_list = ["Line 1", "Line 2", "Line 3", "forever and ever"]
def list_to_clipboard(output_list):
""" Check if len(list) > 0, then copy to clipboard """
if len(output_list) > 0:
pyperclip.copy('\n'.join(output_list))
print('Copied to clipboard: ')
else:
print("There was nothing on the clipboard")
print(example_list)
list_to_clipboard(example_list)
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This command doesn't work for a python virtual machine symced with Android system

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