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  • There's no need for a temporary file: echo "${data#*,}" | base64 -d > filename. You could also extract the image type and use it as suffix for the output filename, e.g. ext=${data#*/}; ext=${ext%%;*}; ext=.${ext/jpeg/jpg}. Commented Nov 27, 2020 at 19:52
  • If you’re on macOS, you can replace xclip -out -selection clipboard with pbpaste for the same results. Commented Dec 25, 2022 at 22:52