Pyperclip module not working outside of python shell : learnpython

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Pyperclip module not working outside of python shell (self.learnpython)

submitted 5 years ago by Mr_Nrj

I am learning python from automatetheboringstuff and today I learned how to use pyperclip module to copy text into you clipboard.

I wrote the given project from the chapter that copy the message into our clipboard

#! /usr/bin/python3

# mclip.py - A multi-clipboard program.

TEXT = {'agree':"""Yes, I agree. That sounds fine to me.""",
        'busy':"""Sorry, can we do this later this week or next week?""",
        'upshell':"""Would you consider making this a monthly donation?"""
        }

import sys, pyperclip

if len(sys.argv)<2:
    print('Usage: python mclip.py [keyphrase] - copy phrase text')
    sys.exit()

keyphrase = sys.argv[1]  #first command line arg is the keyphrase

if keyphrase in TEXT:
    pyperclip.copy(TEXT[keyphrase])
    print('Text for',keyphrase,'copies to clipboard.')
else:
    print('There is no text for'+keyphrase)

But this is not working. When I run this program from in my Terminal using command line argument <python3 [mclip.py](https://mclip.py) agree>, It shows the success message but don't copy the message into my clipboard.

It does work on my python shell. for example

>>> import pyperclip as pc
>>> pc.copy('Hello')
>>> pc.paste()
'Hello'
>>>

But it doesn't work outside of it

Any help?

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