yank

yank [-d delim] [-x] [options] [-- command]

yank reads input from a pipe or file and presents it in a terminal selection interface. The user navigates lines or fields with arrow keys, selects the desired text, and yank copies it to the clipboard or passes it to a specified command.By default, input is split into lines. The -d option sets a custom delimiter for splitting input into selectable fields, useful for extracting specific columns from structured output. The -l option forces line-by-line splitting regardless of content.Clipboard integration works through an external command such as xclip or xsel, specified after --. On systems with X11, the -x flag provides a shortcut for X clipboard access. The tool is designed to fit naturally into Unix pipelines, accepting input from any command that writes to stdout.

-d DELIM

Field delimiter.

X clipboard.

Line delimiter.

Yank command.

Terminal required. Clipboard setup varies. Simple tool.

yank was created for interactively selecting and copying terminal output to the clipboard.

xclip(1), xsel(1), fzf(1)