Kool London Chat

def to_clipboard(text)
  string = text.to_s
  IO.popen('pbcopy', 'w') {|t| t << text}
  string
end

print "Enter message: "
text = gets.chomp!
text = text.chars.map { |m| m == ' ' ? '|' : ":#{m}:" }.join(' ')

# verify expected format
puts text

to_clipboard(text)