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Hey, I've seen this project a while ago, and it looks really well done. However, I'm not totally sure what the usecase is for it.
Why would I use this over
cp file ../file?I'm not the author of the project but this has nothing to do with copying files around. Instead it's a clipboard manager, meaning it's to add things to your clipboard and then paste them elsewhere. So an app to manage your ctrl-C - ctrl-v
I think it does actually also copy files around. That may be cool and useful, but is why I don't want to use it. I don't want to accidentally do that instead of normal clipboard stuff.
There is actually no reason to use it over
cp file ../file, because that's not what it does. Instead, you can save something "for later" as if thecpcommand had a memory.And can it be used via ctrl+xcv commands?