Set the current Windows clipboard entry.
Syntax
Set-Clipboard [-Append] [-AsHtml] [-Confirm] -LiteralPath String[] [-WhatIf] [CommonParameters]
Set-Clipboard [-Append] [-AsHtml] [-Confirm] -Path String[] [-WhatIf] [CommonParameters]
Set-Clipboard [-Value] String[] [-Append] [-AsHtml] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [CommonParameters]
Key
-Append
Do not clear the clipboard but append content to it.
-AsHtml
Render the content as HTML to the clipboard.
-LiteralPath String[]
The path to the item that will be copied to the clipboard.
Unlike Path, the value of LiteralPath is used exactly as it is typed.
No characters are interpreted as wildcards.
If the path includes escape characters, enclose it in single quotation marks this will
tell PowerShell not to interpret any characters as escape sequences.
-Path String[]
The path to the item that will be copied to the clipboard.
Wildcard characters are permitted.
-Value String[]
Specify, as a string array, the content to copy to the clipboard.
-Confirm
Prompt for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-WhatIf
Describe what would happen if you executed the command without actually executing it.
Standard Aliases for Set-Clipboard: clip.
When using Set-Clipboard in a script you should warn the user that their clipboard is about to be overwritten.
When piping a PowerShell object to Set-Clipboard it is often helpful to first convert the object/collection to a string with out-string.
Copy some text to the clipboard:
PS C:\> Set-Clipboard -Value "This is a test string"
or
PS C:\>"This is a test string" | Set-Clipboard
Copy the current date to the clipboard:
PS C:\> Get-Date | Set-Clipboard
Copy the current date to the clipboard, but first convert the date to a string giving a more verbose date format:
PS C:\> Get-Date | Out-String | Set-Clipboard
Copy the contents of a directory to the clipboard:
PS C:\> Set-Clipboard -Path "C:\Staging\"
“A clipboard and a hard hat could get you just about anywhere” ~ Kim Harrison
Get-Clipboard - Get the current Windows clipboard entry.