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CLIP.exe (Resource Kit)

Copy the result of any command to the Windows clipboard.

Syntax
      command | CLIP

      CLIP < filename.txt

When using clip in a batch script you should warn the user that their clipboard is about to be overwritten.

For Example:


DIR | CLIP

DATE /t | CLIP

"The stupid neither forgive nor forget, the naive forgive and forget, the wise forgive but do not forget" - Thomas Szasz (The second sin)

Related Commands:

cmdtools.com - clip.zip - copy clipboard to a file
Script-It - Control GUI applications
SET - Display, set, or remove Windows NT environment variables

Equivalent Linux BASH commands:

export
- Set an environment variable
xsel - get and set the contents of an X-window selection



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Simon Sheppard
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