From 8e33cadcaa863fee869966fc8280b790064e90ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas von Dein <tom@vondein.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 19:28:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] add -y

---
 cfg/config.go  |  2 ++
 cmd/root.go    |  2 ++
 go.mod         |  1 +
 go.sum         |  2 ++
 lib/helpers.go |  8 ++++++++
 lib/printer.go | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cfg/config.go b/cfg/config.go
index 3d4840a..e2c34ec 100644
--- a/cfg/config.go
+++ b/cfg/config.go
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	NoHeaders      bool
 	Columns        string
 	UseColumns     []int
+	YankColumns    string
+	UseYankColumns []int
 	Separator      string
 	OutputMode     int
 	InvertMatch    bool
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index afbf0df..c4ff4fe 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ func Execute() {
 		"Custom field separator")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.Columns, "columns", "c", "",
 		"Only show the speficied columns (separated by ,)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.YankColumns, "yank-columns", "y", "",
+		"Yank the speficied columns (separated by ,) to the clipboard")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.TransposeColumns, "transpose-columns", "T", "",
 		"Transpose the speficied columns (separated by ,)")
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7c203d7..7ae1eeb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/agext/levenshtein v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v13 v13.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5491a3d..3a96455 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0 h1:uYvfpb3DyLSCGWnctWKGj857c6ew
 github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0/go.mod h1:K8XmNZdhEBkdlyDdvbmmsvpAG721bKi0joRfFdHIWJ4=
 github.com/araddon/dateparse v0.0.0-20210429162001-6b43995a97de h1:FxWPpzIjnTlhPwqqXc4/vE0f7GvRjuAsbW+HOIe8KnA=
 github.com/araddon/dateparse v0.0.0-20210429162001-6b43995a97de/go.mod h1:DCaWoUhZrYW9p1lxo/cm8EmUOOzAPSEZNGF2DK1dJgw=
+github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 h1:EH0zSVneZPSuFR11BlR9YppQTVDbh5+16AmcJi4g1z4=
+github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4/go.mod h1:ZY9tmq7sm5xIbd9bOK4onWV4S6X0u6GY7Vn0Yu86PYI=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
diff --git a/lib/helpers.go b/lib/helpers.go
index 32b6705..28dc321 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.go
+++ b/lib/helpers.go
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ func PrepareColumns(conf *cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) error {
 
 	conf.UseColumns = usecolumns
 
+	// -y columns
+	useyankcolumns, err := PrepareColumnVars(conf.YankColumns, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	conf.UseYankColumns = useyankcolumns
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/printer.go b/lib/printer.go
index 3189060..c863b7f 100644
--- a/lib/printer.go
+++ b/lib/printer.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/atotto/clipboard"
 	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg"
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ func printData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 	// by, independently if it's being used for display or not.
 	sortTable(conf, data)
 
+	// put one or more columns into clipboard
+	yankColumns(conf, data)
+
 	// add numbers to headers and remove those we're not interested in
 	numberizeAndReduceHeaders(conf, data)
 
@@ -262,3 +266,26 @@ func printCSVData(writer io.Writer, data *Tabdata) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func yankColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
+	var yank string
+
+	if len(data.entries) == 0 || len(conf.UseYankColumns) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, row := range data.entries {
+		for i, field := range row {
+			for _, idx := range conf.UseYankColumns {
+				if i == idx-1 {
+					yank += field + " "
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if yank != "" {
+		// FIXME: does not use the primary clipboard, grnz...
+		clipboard.WriteAll(yank)
+	}
+}

From 2d5799e2f2624e5deaf2e0a19d3b97d1f7a31e86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "T.v.Dein" <git@daemon.de>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:27:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 02/10] Use primary clipboard on unix

---
 lib/printer.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/printer.go b/lib/printer.go
index c863b7f..4d6a37f 100644
--- a/lib/printer.go
+++ b/lib/printer.go
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func yankColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 	}
 
 	if yank != "" {
-		// FIXME: does not use the primary clipboard, grnz...
+		clipboard.Primary = true // unix
 		clipboard.WriteAll(yank)
 	}
 }

From 82f54c120da5e2598f9399ee1ff33320a4ee76e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas von Dein <tom@vondein.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:42:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] catch err

---
 lib/printer.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/printer.go b/lib/printer.go
index 4d6a37f..cc95238 100644
--- a/lib/printer.go
+++ b/lib/printer.go
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ func yankColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 
 	if yank != "" {
 		clipboard.Primary = true // unix
-		clipboard.WriteAll(yank)
+		if err := clipboard.WriteAll(yank); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalln("error writing string to clipboard:", err)
+		}
 	}
 }

From e8f4fef41c019714f88a81cae9cb674e94ba878a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas von Dein <tom@izb.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:12:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 04/10] fix #37: make yank portable

---
 lib/printer.go    | 2 +-
 lib/ya_darwin.go  | 8 ++++++++
 lib/ya_unix.go    | 9 +++++++++
 lib/ya_windows.go | 8 ++++++++
 tablizer.1        | 4 ++--
 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 lib/ya_darwin.go
 create mode 100644 lib/ya_unix.go
 create mode 100644 lib/ya_windows.go

diff --git a/lib/printer.go b/lib/printer.go
index cc95238..43ee535 100644
--- a/lib/printer.go
+++ b/lib/printer.go
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func yankColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 	}
 
 	if yank != "" {
-		clipboard.Primary = true // unix
+		setprimary()
 		if err := clipboard.WriteAll(yank); err != nil {
 			log.Fatalln("error writing string to clipboard:", err)
 		}
diff --git a/lib/ya_darwin.go b/lib/ya_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e7f149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ya_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// +build darwin
+
+package lib
+
+import "github.com/atotto/clipboard"
+
+func setprimary() {
+}
diff --git a/lib/ya_unix.go b/lib/ya_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f05680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ya_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// +build freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris dragonfly
+
+package lib
+
+import "github.com/atotto/clipboard"
+
+func setprimary() {
+  clipboard.Primary = true
+}
diff --git a/lib/ya_windows.go b/lib/ya_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4caae39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ya_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package lib
+
+import "github.com/atotto/clipboard"
+
+func setprimary() {
+}
diff --git a/tablizer.1 b/tablizer.1
index 73dd6b4..e3f1aad 100644
--- a/tablizer.1
+++ b/tablizer.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.14 (Pod::Simple 3.42)
+.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.14 (Pod::Simple 3.40)
 .\"
 .\" Standard preamble:
 .\" ========================================================================
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "TABLIZER 1"
-.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-01-15" "1" "User Commands"
+.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-01-22" "1" "User Commands"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l

From dc718392b602ac211656b725f50d0a63768d3ca5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas von Dein <tom@izb.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:15:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 05/10] fix-import

---
 lib/ya_darwin.go  | 1 -
 lib/ya_windows.go | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/ya_darwin.go b/lib/ya_darwin.go
index 2e7f149..39e974e 100644
--- a/lib/ya_darwin.go
+++ b/lib/ya_darwin.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 package lib
 
-import "github.com/atotto/clipboard"
 
 func setprimary() {
 }
diff --git a/lib/ya_windows.go b/lib/ya_windows.go
index 4caae39..75cecfe 100644
--- a/lib/ya_windows.go
+++ b/lib/ya_windows.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 package lib
 
-import "github.com/atotto/clipboard"
 
 func setprimary() {
 }

From 768a19b4d6e9a476d5b7c4da1d788baaf5780c1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas von Dein <tom@vondein.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:59:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] fine tuning, added test, which hangs, but yanking works
 anyway

---
 Makefile         |  2 +-
 README.md        |  2 ++
 cmd/tablizer.go  | 16 +++++++++++
 go.mod           |  2 +-
 lib/printer.go   | 28 +------------------
 lib/yank.go      | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/yank_test.go | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tablizer.1       | 20 ++++++++++++--
 tablizer.pod     | 15 +++++++++++
 9 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 lib/yank.go
 create mode 100644 lib/yank_test.go

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2870e99..e4e5175 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ test:
 
 singletest:
 	@echo "Call like this: 'make singletest TEST=TestPrepareColumns MOD=lib'"
-	go test -run $(TEST) github.com/tlinden/tablizer/$(MOD)
+	go test -run $(TEST) github.com/tlinden/tablizer/$(MOD) $(OPTS)
 
 cover-report:
 	go test ./... -cover -coverprofile=coverage.out
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a66a97d..054ba6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Output Flags (mutually exclusive):
   -C, --csv                         Enable CSV output
   -A, --ascii                       Default output mode, ascii tabular
   -L, --hightlight-lines            Use alternating background colors for tables
+  -y, --yank-columns                Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
+                                    space separated
 
 Sort Mode Flags (mutually exclusive):
   -a, --sort-age                    sort according to age (duration) string
diff --git a/cmd/tablizer.go b/cmd/tablizer.go
index 71f5b21..e6fb84f 100644
--- a/cmd/tablizer.go
+++ b/cmd/tablizer.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
           -C, --csv                         Enable CSV output
           -A, --ascii                       Default output mode, ascii tabular
           -L, --hightlight-lines            Use alternating background colors for tables
+          -y, --yank-columns                Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
+                                            space separated
 
         Sort Mode Flags (mutually exclusive):
           -a, --sort-age                    sort according to age (duration) string
@@ -267,6 +269,18 @@ DESCRIPTION
     markdown which prints a Markdown table, yaml, which prints yaml encoding
     and CSV mode, which prints a comma separated value file.
 
+  PUT FIELDS TO CLIPBOARD
+    You can let tablizer put fields to the clipboard using the option "-y".
+    This best fits the use-case when the result of your filtering yields
+    just one row. For example:
+
+        cloudctl cluster ls | tablizer -yid matchbox
+
+    If "matchbox" matches one cluster, you can immediately use the id of
+    that cluster somewhere else and paste it. Of course, if there are
+    multiple matches, then all id's will be put into the clipboard separated
+    by one space.
+
   ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     tablizer supports certain environment variables which use can use to
     influence program behavior. Commandline flags have always precedence
@@ -416,6 +430,8 @@ Output Flags (mutually exclusive):
   -C, --csv                         Enable CSV output
   -A, --ascii                       Default output mode, ascii tabular
   -L, --hightlight-lines            Use alternating background colors for tables
+  -y, --yank-columns                Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
+                                    space separated
 
 Sort Mode Flags (mutually exclusive):
   -a, --sort-age                    sort according to age (duration) string
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7ae1eeb..568616a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.22
 require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0
 	github.com/araddon/dateparse v0.0.0-20210429162001-6b43995a97de
+	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4
 	github.com/gookit/color v1.5.4
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.23.0
 	github.com/lithammer/fuzzysearch v1.1.8
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/agext/levenshtein v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v13 v13.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
diff --git a/lib/printer.go b/lib/printer.go
index 43ee535..0041f85 100644
--- a/lib/printer.go
+++ b/lib/printer.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2022 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2022-2025 Thomas von Dein
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/atotto/clipboard"
 	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg"
@@ -266,28 +265,3 @@ func printCSVData(writer io.Writer, data *Tabdata) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
-
-func yankColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
-	var yank string
-
-	if len(data.entries) == 0 || len(conf.UseYankColumns) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	for _, row := range data.entries {
-		for i, field := range row {
-			for _, idx := range conf.UseYankColumns {
-				if i == idx-1 {
-					yank += field + " "
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if yank != "" {
-		setprimary()
-		if err := clipboard.WriteAll(yank); err != nil {
-			log.Fatalln("error writing string to clipboard:", err)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/lib/yank.go b/lib/yank.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f4d755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/yank.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2022-2025 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package lib
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/atotto/clipboard"
+	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg"
+)
+
+func yankColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
+	var yank []string
+
+	if len(data.entries) == 0 || len(conf.UseYankColumns) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, row := range data.entries {
+		for i, field := range row {
+			for _, idx := range conf.UseYankColumns {
+				if i == idx-1 {
+					yank = append(yank, field)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(yank) > 0 {
+		setprimary()
+		if err := clipboard.WriteAll(strings.Join(yank, " ")); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalln("error writing string to clipboard:", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/yank_test.go b/lib/yank_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1c057a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/yank_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2025 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package lib
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/atotto/clipboard"
+	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg"
+)
+
+var yanktests = []struct {
+	name   string
+	yank   []int // -y$colum,$column... after processing
+	filter string
+	expect string
+}{
+	{
+		name:   "one",
+		yank:   []int{1},
+		filter: "beta",
+	},
+}
+
+func DISABLED_TestYankColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, testdata := range yanktests {
+		testname := fmt.Sprintf("yank-%s-filter-%s",
+			testdata.name, testdata.filter)
+		t.Run(testname, func(t *testing.T) {
+			conf := cfg.Config{
+				OutputMode:     cfg.ASCII,
+				UseYankColumns: testdata.yank,
+				NoColor:        true,
+			}
+
+			conf.ApplyDefaults()
+			data := newData() // defined in printer_test.go, reused here
+
+			var writer bytes.Buffer
+			printData(&writer, conf, &data)
+
+			got, err := clipboard.ReadAll() // hangs indefinetly
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("failed to fetch yanked text from clipboard")
+			}
+
+			if got != testdata.expect {
+				t.Errorf("not yanked correctly:\n+++ got:\n%s\n+++ want:\n%s",
+					got, testdata.expect)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tablizer.1 b/tablizer.1
index e3f1aad..01e55d1 100644
--- a/tablizer.1
+++ b/tablizer.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.14 (Pod::Simple 3.40)
+.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.14 (Pod::Simple 3.42)
 .\"
 .\" Standard preamble:
 .\" ========================================================================
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "TABLIZER 1"
-.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-01-22" "1" "User Commands"
+.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-01-23" "1" "User Commands"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ tablizer \- Manipulate tabular output of other programs
 \&      \-C, \-\-csv                         Enable CSV output
 \&      \-A, \-\-ascii                       Default output mode, ascii tabular
 \&      \-L, \-\-hightlight\-lines            Use alternating background colors for tables
+\&      \-y, \-\-yank\-columns                Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
+\&                                        space separated
 \&
 \&    Sort Mode Flags (mutually exclusive):
 \&      \-a, \-\-sort\-age                    sort according to age (duration) string
@@ -442,6 +444,20 @@ more output modes available: \fBorgtbl\fR  which prints an Emacs org-mode
 table and  \fBmarkdown\fR which prints  a Markdown table,  \fByaml\fR, which
 prints  yaml encoding  and \s-1CSV\s0  mode, which  prints a  comma separated
 value file.
+.SS "\s-1PUT FIELDS TO CLIPBOARD\s0"
+.IX Subsection "PUT FIELDS TO CLIPBOARD"
+You can let tablizer put fields to the clipboard using the option
+\&\f(CW\*(C`\-y\*(C'\fR. This best fits the use-case when the result of your filtering
+yields just one row. For example:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\&    cloudctl cluster ls | tablizer \-yid matchbox
+.Ve
+.PP
+If \*(L"matchbox\*(R" matches one cluster, you can immediately use the id of
+that cluster somewhere else and paste it. Of course, if there are
+multiple matches, then all id's will be put into the clipboard
+separated by one space.
 .SS "\s-1ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES\s0"
 .IX Subsection "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
 \&\fBtablizer\fR supports  certain environment variables which  use can use
diff --git a/tablizer.pod b/tablizer.pod
index 8f170ae..e05a288 100644
--- a/tablizer.pod
+++ b/tablizer.pod
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ tablizer - Manipulate tabular output of other programs
       -C, --csv                         Enable CSV output
       -A, --ascii                       Default output mode, ascii tabular
       -L, --hightlight-lines            Use alternating background colors for tables
+      -y, --yank-columns                Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
+                                        space separated
 
     Sort Mode Flags (mutually exclusive):
       -a, --sort-age                    sort according to age (duration) string
@@ -290,6 +292,19 @@ table and  B<markdown> which prints  a Markdown table,  B<yaml>, which
 prints  yaml encoding  and CSV  mode, which  prints a  comma separated
 value file.
 
+=head2 PUT FIELDS TO CLIPBOARD
+
+You can let tablizer put fields to the clipboard using the option
+C<-y>. This best fits the use-case when the result of your filtering
+yields just one row. For example:
+
+    cloudctl cluster ls | tablizer -yid matchbox
+
+If "matchbox" matches one cluster, you can immediately use the id of
+that cluster somewhere else and paste it. Of course, if there are
+multiple matches, then all id's will be put into the clipboard
+separated by one space.
+
 =head2 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 
 B<tablizer> supports  certain environment variables which  use can use

From 200f1f32f837aaa353a872a27ae807aab50996a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas von Dein <tom@vondein.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:40:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 07/10] using patched tiagomeol/go-clipboard/clipboard, fixes
 #37

---
 go.mod            | 2 ++
 go.sum            | 6 ++++++
 lib/ya_darwin.go  | 7 -------
 lib/ya_unix.go    | 9 ---------
 lib/ya_windows.go | 7 -------
 lib/yank.go       | 6 +++---
 lib/yank_test.go  | 6 ++++--
 7 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 lib/ya_darwin.go
 delete mode 100644 lib/ya_unix.go
 delete mode 100644 lib/ya_windows.go

diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 568616a..5e7053f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v0.0.0-20150314170334-ad45545899c7 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.2-0.20250126153310-fcc1f95408cf // indirect
 	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e // indirect
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.13.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3a96455..3eed471 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v0.0.0-20150314170334-ad45545899c7 h1:DpOJ2HYzC
 github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v0.0.0-20150314170334-ad45545899c7/go.mod h1:ZXFpozHsX6DPmq2I0TCekCxypsnAUbP2oI0UX1GXzOo=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 h1:P2Ga83D34wi1o9J6Wh1mRuqd4mF/x/lgBS7N7AbDhec=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5/go.mod h1:hPp6KlRPjbx+hW8ykQs1w3UBbZlj6HuIJcUGPhkA7kY=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.1.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.1 h1:nddQ5DsEnKW0KdzTILhbLpSq3e9y2dkJXEOtsMs6H7A=
+github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.1/go.mod h1:kXtjJBIMimZaGbxmcKZ8+JqK+acSNf5tAJiChlZBOr8=
+github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.2-0.20250126153310-fcc1f95408cf h1:csb/+rmJBAtOP6OP+9soTnwJVuhlUpedjb5dPlNZasY=
+github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.2-0.20250126153310-fcc1f95408cf/go.mod h1:kXtjJBIMimZaGbxmcKZ8+JqK+acSNf5tAJiChlZBOr8=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e h1:JVG44RsyaB9T2KIHavMF/ppJZNG9ZpyihvCd0w101no=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e/go.mod h1:RbqR21r5mrJuqunuUZ/Dhy/avygyECGrLceyNeo4LiM=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
diff --git a/lib/ya_darwin.go b/lib/ya_darwin.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 39e974e..0000000
--- a/lib/ya_darwin.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// +build darwin
-
-package lib
-
-
-func setprimary() {
-}
diff --git a/lib/ya_unix.go b/lib/ya_unix.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f05680..0000000
--- a/lib/ya_unix.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// +build freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris dragonfly
-
-package lib
-
-import "github.com/atotto/clipboard"
-
-func setprimary() {
-  clipboard.Primary = true
-}
diff --git a/lib/ya_windows.go b/lib/ya_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 75cecfe..0000000
--- a/lib/ya_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// +build windows
-
-package lib
-
-
-func setprimary() {
-}
diff --git a/lib/yank.go b/lib/yank.go
index 7f4d755..39265d3 100644
--- a/lib/yank.go
+++ b/lib/yank.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/atotto/clipboard"
+	"github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard/clipboard"
 	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg"
 )
 
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ func yankColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 	}
 
 	if len(yank) > 0 {
-		setprimary()
-		if err := clipboard.WriteAll(strings.Join(yank, " ")); err != nil {
+		cb := clipboard.New(clipboard.ClipboardOptions{Primary: true})
+		if err := cb.CopyText(strings.Join(yank, " ")); err != nil {
 			log.Fatalln("error writing string to clipboard:", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/lib/yank_test.go b/lib/yank_test.go
index b1c057a..748104b 100644
--- a/lib/yank_test.go
+++ b/lib/yank_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/atotto/clipboard"
+	"github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard/clipboard"
 	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg"
 )
 
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ var yanktests = []struct {
 }
 
 func DISABLED_TestYankColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	cb := clipboard.New()
+
 	for _, testdata := range yanktests {
 		testname := fmt.Sprintf("yank-%s-filter-%s",
 			testdata.name, testdata.filter)
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ func DISABLED_TestYankColumns(t *testing.T) {
 			var writer bytes.Buffer
 			printData(&writer, conf, &data)
 
-			got, err := clipboard.ReadAll() // hangs indefinetly
+			got, err := cb.PasteText()
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("failed to fetch yanked text from clipboard")
 			}

From 150fdddd2ab9a5bcee2b662920de0c1bc2140b93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas von Dein <tom@vondein.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:00:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] use latest go-clipboard

---
 go.mod     | 3 +--
 go.sum     | 4 ++--
 tablizer.1 | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5e7053f..3cf9830 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.22
 require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0
 	github.com/araddon/dateparse v0.0.0-20210429162001-6b43995a97de
-	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4
 	github.com/gookit/color v1.5.4
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.23.0
 	github.com/lithammer/fuzzysearch v1.1.8
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.2-0.20250126153310-fcc1f95408cf // indirect
+	github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e // indirect
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.13.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3eed471..6736f35 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0 h1:uYvfpb3DyLSCGWnctWKGj857c6ew
 github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0/go.mod h1:K8XmNZdhEBkdlyDdvbmmsvpAG721bKi0joRfFdHIWJ4=
 github.com/araddon/dateparse v0.0.0-20210429162001-6b43995a97de h1:FxWPpzIjnTlhPwqqXc4/vE0f7GvRjuAsbW+HOIe8KnA=
 github.com/araddon/dateparse v0.0.0-20210429162001-6b43995a97de/go.mod h1:DCaWoUhZrYW9p1lxo/cm8EmUOOzAPSEZNGF2DK1dJgw=
-github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 h1:EH0zSVneZPSuFR11BlR9YppQTVDbh5+16AmcJi4g1z4=
-github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4/go.mod h1:ZY9tmq7sm5xIbd9bOK4onWV4S6X0u6GY7Vn0Yu86PYI=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
@@ -57,6 +55,8 @@ github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.1 h1:nddQ5DsEnKW0KdzTILhbLpSq3e9y2dkJXEOt
 github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.1/go.mod h1:kXtjJBIMimZaGbxmcKZ8+JqK+acSNf5tAJiChlZBOr8=
 github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.2-0.20250126153310-fcc1f95408cf h1:csb/+rmJBAtOP6OP+9soTnwJVuhlUpedjb5dPlNZasY=
 github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.2-0.20250126153310-fcc1f95408cf/go.mod h1:kXtjJBIMimZaGbxmcKZ8+JqK+acSNf5tAJiChlZBOr8=
+github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.2 h1:Ph2icR0vZRIj3v5ExvsGweBwsbbDUTlS6HoF40MkQD8=
+github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.2/go.mod h1:kXtjJBIMimZaGbxmcKZ8+JqK+acSNf5tAJiChlZBOr8=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e h1:JVG44RsyaB9T2KIHavMF/ppJZNG9ZpyihvCd0w101no=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e/go.mod h1:RbqR21r5mrJuqunuUZ/Dhy/avygyECGrLceyNeo4LiM=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
diff --git a/tablizer.1 b/tablizer.1
index 01e55d1..b2a650a 100644
--- a/tablizer.1
+++ b/tablizer.1
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "TABLIZER 1"
-.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-01-23" "1" "User Commands"
+.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-02-23" "1" "User Commands"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l

From c1cfc08c23bea4e7a17d94661d3f8f3dd43f12a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas von Dein <tom@vondein.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:02:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] fix windows test, add clean to test target

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 2 +-
 Makefile                  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 1624835..a58792a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
         version: ['1.22']
         # windows-latest removed, see:
         # https://github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/issues/284
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     name: Build
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e4e5175..c2d28a5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ install: buildlocal
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(tool) releases coverage.out
 
-test:
+test: clean
 	go test ./... $(OPTS)
 
 singletest:

From fda365bd8b3379cc805f5e80c22bae4eec9a30fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas von Dein <tom@vondein.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:06:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] bump version

---
 cfg/config.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cfg/config.go b/cfg/config.go
index e2c34ec..3d25227 100644
--- a/cfg/config.go
+++ b/cfg/config.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const DefaultSeparator string = `(\s\s+|\t)`
-const Version string = "v1.3.1"
+const Version string = "v1.3.3"
 const MAXPARTS = 2
 
 var DefaultConfigfile = os.Getenv("HOME") + "/.config/tablizer/config"