Can python send text to the Mac clipboard

Question

I\'d like my python program to place some text in the Mac clipboard.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

A simple way:

cmd = 'echo %s | tr -d "\n" | pbcopy' % str
os.system(cmd)

A cross-platform way:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/4203897/805627

from Tkinter import Tk
r = Tk()
r.withdraw()
r.clipboard_clear()
r.clipboard_append('i can has clipboardz?')
r.destroy()