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Any way to create a custom keyboard shortcut key (such as ctrl+cmd+k long as the shortcut key isn't taken already) that would store say a large snippet of text without having to download any extra programs? I have seen lots of people do this with Apps out there. But nothing with just terminal.

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  • I'm puzzled... what's wrong with Cmd/C ?
    – Tetsujin
    Oct 31, 2014 at 19:02
  • It's something that would be great to use every day. Over and over. With out the possibility of replacing my mistake since I use my clip-board all day for other things.
    – tdm
    Oct 31, 2014 at 19:09
  • that changes the complexity of the question - you need to not only copy it but keep it somewhere, presumably non-volatile, so it still works after reboot. I'll add an answer, for formatting...
    – Tetsujin
    Oct 31, 2014 at 19:13
  • Correct. Thought maybe there is something that can be placed inside the .bash_profile or .profile since these get loaded every time you boot the computer.
    – tdm
    Oct 31, 2014 at 19:17

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I'd say cheapest way would be a text file ;-) I have reams of text files full of useful paste snippets, with nice bold headers so I can find which I need.

There are, however, many multi-clipboard utilities...

This is a recent, & fairly comprehensive list - Clipboard Managers

I'd say, why reinvent the wheel when so many already exist?

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