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gistfile1.txt

## samples:
#1. copy this gist to clipboard (via CTRL+C); the following script will filter only rows that contain 'function' a copy them back to clipboard 
(clip -AsLines) -match 'deleted' | clip
# I use it quite often when looking for some info in log files

#2. Quite useful when working with conversion functions. Let's define conversion to base64.
function ToBase64($str) {
  [system.convert]::ToBase64String([system.text.encoding]::utf8.getBytes($str))
}
# then just copy a text to clipboard and call
ToBase64 (clip) | clip
# converted string is in your clipboard

## code:

function Set-ClipBoard { 
  param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true,Position=0)][object]$s
  )
  begin { $sb = new-object Text.StringBuilder }
  process { 
    $s | % { 
      if ($sb.Length -gt 0) { $null = $sb.AppendLine(); }
      $null = $sb.Append($_) 
    }
  }
  end { [windows.forms.clipboard]::SetText($sb.Tostring()) }
}
function Get-ClipBoard { 
  [windows.forms.clipboard]::GetText() 
}
function clip {
	param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeline=$true)][object]$s,
    [Parameter()][switch]$AsLines
   )
	begin { $sb = new-object Text.StringBuilder }
	process {
    $s | % { 
      if ($sb.Length -gt 0) { $null = $sb.AppendLine(); }
      $null = $sb.Append($_) 
    }
	}
	end {
    if ($sb.Length -gt 0) { $sb.Tostring() | Set-ClipBoard} 
    else { 
      $c = Get-ClipBoard  
      if ($AsLines) { $c -split [environment]::NewLine }
      else          { $c }
    }
  }
}