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Copy the output of the last command in Terminal.app

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Mar 15, 20268514 views
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Problem

would also run the commands again and couldn't be used with interactive commands. This relies on the prompt always being : Does anyone know any better options?

Error Output

tell application "Terminal" to tell window 1 to history
do shell script "/bin/echo " & quoted form of result & ¬
    " | ruby -e 'puts $<.read.split(…

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Fix for: Copy the output of the last command in Terminal.app

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If you are using at least el Capitan you can use Cmd-shift-A to select the output of the last command and Cmd-C to copy it. Unfortunately this doesn't work for previous versions. Edited to add updates from the comments: this also works for other tha…

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