| external help file | Locale | Module Name | ms.date | online version | schema | title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml |
en-US |
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management |
09/21/2020 |
2.0.0 |
Get-Clipboard |
Get-Clipboard
SYNOPSIS
Gets the contents of the clipboard.
SYNTAX
Get-Clipboard [-Raw] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
This cmdlet is not supported on macOS.
The Get-Clipboard cmdlet gets the contents of the clipboard as text. Multiple lines of text are
returned as an array of strings similar to Get-Content.
[!NOTE] On Linux, this cmdlet requires the
xcliputility to be in the path.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Get the content of the clipboard and display it to the command-line
In this example we have copied the text "hello" into the clipboard.
Get-Clipboardhello
PARAMETERS
-Raw
Gets the entire contents of the clipboard. Multiline text is returned as a single multiline string rather than an array of strings.
Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseCommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.