''' Dump the clipboard to stdout. I use this for redirecting to files. ''' import argparse import pyperclip import sys def clipboard_argparse(args): if args.output_file: open(args.output_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8').write(pyperclip.paste()) else: text = pyperclip.paste() text = text.replace('\r', '') print(text) return 0 def main(argv): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', dest='output_file', default=None) parser.set_defaults(func=clipboard_argparse) args = parser.parse_args(argv) return args.func(args) if __name__ == '__main__': raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv[1:]))