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Copy win32 command line output to Windows Clipboard
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To save the output of a command on the Windows clipboard, add a pipe* (|) operator to your command followed by the clip command.

Examples

dir | clip - copy the listing of current folder contents to the clipboard.

tree | clip - copy a recursive directory structure to the clipboard.

pwd | clip - copy the present working directory to the clipboard.

type notes.md | clip - place content of notes.md to the clipboard.

driverquery | clip - copy a listing of installed drivers to the clipboard.

sc query | clip - copy a list of services and their status to the clipboard.

Commands

Pipe

* This is a redirection operator which reads the output from one command and writes it to the input of another command. Also known as a pipe.

Clip

Redirects command output from the command line to the Windows clipboard. You can then paste this text output into other programs. Technet: Clip.

Syntax:

<Command> | clip
clip < <Filename>
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