NAME
Get-Clipboard
SYNOPSIS
Gets the current Windows clipboard entry.SYNTAX
Get-Clipboard [-Format {Text | FileDropList | Image | Audio}] [-Raw] [-TextFormatType {Text | UnicodeText | Rtf |
Html | CommaSeparatedValue}] [] DESCRIPTION
The Get-Clipboard cmdlet gets the current Windows clipboard entry.
PARAMETERS
-Format
Specifies the type, or format, of the clipboard. The acceptable values for this parameter are:- Text
- FileDropList
- Image
- Audio
Required? false Position? named Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false-Raw [
Indicates that this cmdlet ignores newline characters and gets the entire contents of the clipboard. Required? false Position? named Default value False Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false] -TextFormatType
Specifies the text data format type of the clipboard. The acceptable values for this parameter are:- Text
- UnicodeText
- Rtf
- Html
- CommaSeparatedValue
Required? false Position? named Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? falseThis cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). INPUTS
OUTPUTS
System.String, System.IO.FileInfo, System.IO.Stream, System.Drawing.ImageNOTES
Example 1: Get the content of the clipboard and display it to the command-line
PS C:\>Get-Clipboard
This is a test string.This command displays the contents of the clipboard to the command-line.
Example 2: Get the content of the clipboard and display it to the command-line
PS C:\>Get-Clipboard
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Windows_PowerShell_icon.png This command displays the link, as a URL, of the image that is stored in the clipboard.RELATED LINKS
Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=526219Set-Clipboard