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    #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
    #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
    #import <unistd.h>
    BOOL copy_to_clipboard(NSString *path)
    {
    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2681630/how-to-read-png-image-to-nsimage
    NSImage * image;
    if([path isEqualToString:@"-"])
    {
    // http://caiustheory.com/read-standard-input-using-objective-c
    NSFileHandle *input = [NSFileHandle fileHandleWithStandardInput];
    image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithData:[input readDataToEndOfFile]];
    }else
    {
    image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];
    }
    // http://stackoverflow.com/a/18124824/148668
    BOOL copied = false;
    if (image != nil)
    {
    NSPasteboard *pasteboard = [NSPasteboard generalPasteboard];
    [pasteboard clearContents];
    NSArray *copiedObjects = [NSArray arrayWithObject:image];
    copied = [pasteboard writeObjects:copiedObjects];
    [pasteboard release];
    }
    [image release];
    return copied;
    }

    int main(int argc, char * const argv[])
    {
    NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
    if(argc<2)
    {
    printf("Usage:\n\n"
    "Copy file to clipboard:\n ./impbcopy path/to/file\n\n"
    "Copy stdin to clipboard:\n cat /path/to/file | ./impbcopy -");
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    NSString *path= [NSString stringWithUTF8String:argv[1]];
    BOOL success = copy_to_clipboard(path);
    [pool release];
    return (success?EXIT_SUCCESS:EXIT_FAILURE);
    }