paste.exe

README.md

Pipe contents of windows clipboard to another command

Usage

To pipe the contents of the clipboard to another command (e.g. grep):

paste | grep pattern

To save the contents of the clipboard to a file:

paste > file.txt

Building

You can compile paste.cs with a single command on any Windows machine without the need to install any extra tools. Just run this command:

%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\csc /o paste.cs

Prebuild version is included here as paste.zip

Installing

Put the resulting paste.exe in your path.

paste.cs

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace jpf {
    class paste {
        [STAThread]
        public static int Main(string[] args) {
            Console.Write(Clipboard.GetText());
            return 0;
        }
    }
}

paste.zip