How to run code contained in clipboard

Question

How can i directly run the contents of the clipboard, I tried using the command python pbpaste but it said python: can't open file 'pbpaste': [Errno 2] No such file or directory does the code have to be contained in a file to run it?

Answer 1

Since pbpaste produces its output on the standard output and Python can take its input from the standard input, you can simply pipe them:

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