Clip

Updated: January 21, 2005

 

Clip

Redirects command output from the command line to the Clipboard.

Syntax

clip

Parameters
/?
Displays help at the command prompt.
Remarks
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You can use clip to copy data directly into any application, such as Word, that can receive text from the Clipboard.

Examples

To copy the list of contents in the c:\Windows folder to the Clipboard, at the C:\Windows prompt type:

dir|clip

To paste what you have copied into a WordPad document, start WordPad (or a similar text editor), click Edit, and then click Paste (or right-click, and then click Paste). The following text appears:

  Volume in drive C has no label.
  Volume Serial Number is B446-4F14
  
  Directory of C:\Windows
  
05/22/2001 11:00 AM    <DIR>          .
05/22/2001 11:00 AM    <DIR>          ..
05/22/2001 11:14 AM    <DIR>          Ntsd
              0 File(s)              0 bytes
  3 Dir(s)   1,292,802,048 bytes free

To copy the contents of Readme.txt to the Clipboard, type:

clip < readme.txt

To copy the output of the Generic.awk program to the Clipboard, type:

awk -f generic.awk input.txt | clip

Formatting legend

FormatMeaning

Italic

Information that the user must supply

Bold

Elements that the user must type exactly as shown

Ellipsis (...)

Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line

Between brackets ([])

Optional items

Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (|). Example: {even|odd}

Set of choices from which the user must choose only one

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Code or program output

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Related Links
•Using command redirection operators
•Command-line reference A-Z
•Command shell overview
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