Tmux Yank

Enables copying to system clipboard in Tmux. Works on Linux and OS X.

Copy mode mappings:

• y - copy selection to system clipboard
• C-y - "put" selection to the command line
• M-y (Alt + y) - performs both of the above: copy to system clipboard and put to command line

Requirements

OS X

• reattach-to-user-namespace
  If you already don't have this installed, then: $ brew install reattach-to-user-namespace.

Linux

• xclip command
  You most likely already have xclip, but if not install with:
  • Debian / Ubuntu: $ sudo apt-get install xclip
  • Red hat / CentOS: $ yum install xclip

Installation with Tmux Plugin Manager (recommended)

Add plugin to the list of TPM plugins in .tmux.conf:

set -g @tpm_plugins "              \
  bruno-/tpm                       \
  bruno-/tmux_yank                 \
"

Hit prefix + I to fetch the plugin and source it. You should now be able to use the plugin.

Manual Installation

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/bruno-/tmux_yank ~/clone/path

Add this line to the bottom of .tmux.conf:

run-shell ~/clone/path/yank.tmux

Reload TMUX environment:

# type this in terminal
$ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

You should now be able to use the plugin.

Other Tmux goodies

Tmux yank works well with tmux copycat.

License

MIT