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+# pbcopy is expected to be available on Mac OSX
+if type pbcopy &> /dev/null; then
+  alias copy="pbcopy"
+  alias paste="pbpaste"
+
+# xsel is expected to be available on most modern XWindows based Linux distro
+elif type xsel &> /dev/null; then
+  alias copy="xsel --clipboard --input"
+  alias paste="xsel --clipboard --output"
+
+# xclip is expected to be available on Linux distros that do not ship with xsel
+elif type xclip &> /dev/null; then
+  alias copy="xclip --selection clipboard"
+  alias paste="xclip --selection clipboard -o"
+
+else
+ echo 'No clipboard util found!'
+ echo 'Please install one of the following utils:'
+ echo '\tpbcopy'
+ echo '\txsel'
+ echo '\txclip'
+ return 1
+fi