Use node modules instead of pbcopy directly

[ncordes1]

There are a few node modules that interact directly with the windows/OSX clipboard/pasteboard:

Windows:

• clipboard: https://www.npmjs.org/package/clipboard (windows)

OSX:

• pb: https://www.npmjs.org/package/pb (osx)
• clipboard-watcher: https://www.npmjs.org/package/clipboard-watcher

[lewisdonovan]

There's a cross-system solution called clipboardy which can be implemented like so:

var fs   = require('fs')
var path = require('path')
var exec = require('child_process').exec
var argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2))
const clipboardy = require('clipboardy')

fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, 'boilerplate.html'), function read(err, data) {
  if (err) return console.log(err)
  var filePath
  if ((filePath = argv.f) !== undefined) {
    if (filePath[0] !== "/") {
      filePath = path.join(process.cwd(),filePath)
    }
    fs.writeFile(filePath,data.toString(), function write(err,data) {
      if (err) return console.log(err)
      console.log("Boilerplate file created at " + filePath)
    })
  } else {
    clipboardy.writeSync(data.toString())
    console.log('Boilerplate code copied to clipboard.')
  }
})