def pbpaste
  IO.popen(["xclip", "-o"]).read
end

alias paste pbpaste

class Object

  def pbcopy
    Thread.new do
      open("|xclip -i", "w") do |p|
        p.write(self.to_s)
      end
    end
    self
  end

  alias xclip pbcopy
  alias copy pbcopy

end