Manipulating Cut-and-Paste Data

• You probably know about cut-and-paste mode, C-a [, C-a ]

• The cut-and-paste selection can be written to, or read from a buffer file:

  • C-a > writes out the current selection to the bufferfile

  • C-a < loads the current selection from the bufferfile

• Handy for redirecting shell output to a file, then slurping it in

• Can be combined with remotely executing screen functions

• Find the latest copy of my resume, place it in the cut-and-paste selection:

    #!/bin/bash
    TMP=$(tempfile)
    ls -1tr ~/text/resume* | tail -1 > $TMP
    screen -X readbuf $TMP
    rm -f $TMP