A cross-platform Node.js native addon for reading or writing file paths to the clipboard. Supports Windows, MacOS and Linux.
npm install clipboard-filesbash
npm i clipboard-files
`
Usage
`js
const clipboard = require("clipboard-files");
// Read file paths from clipboard
const files = clipboard.readFiles();
console.log("Files in clipboard:", files);
// Write file paths to clipboard
clipboard.writeFiles(["/path/to/file1.txt", "/path/to/file2.txt"]);
`
API
$3
Returns an array of strings containing file paths from the clipboard.
$3
Writes an array of file paths to the clipboard.
- files: Array of strings, each representing a file path
Platform Support
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux (X11)
- Requires X11 development libraries
- Install on Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
- Install on Fedora: sudo dnf install libX11-devel`