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Édouard Lopez
Édouard Lopez

Reputation: 43401

How to copy string to clipboard Powershell? Linux/Windows/Mac

I'm in the process of writing a powershell module, that aim to be distributed and I'm looking for a cross-platform (Win/Linux/MacOS) powershell ≥5.0 solution to copy a generated string to the system's clipboard.

Env

> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.1.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    6.1.2
OS                             Linux 4.15.0-43-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 6 14:45:28 UTC 2018
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Set-Clipboard

PS ~/projects/lesspass-powershell> Get-Random | Set-Clipboard
Set-Clipboard : The term 'Set-Clipboard' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:14
+ Get-Random | Set-Clipboard
+              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo
: ObjectNotFound        : (Set-Clipboard:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Write-Clipboard

PS ~/projects/lesspass-powershell> Get-Random | Write-Clipboard
Write-Clipboard : The term 'Write-Clipboard' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:14
+ Get-Random | Write-Clipboard
+              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo
: ObjectNotFound        : (Write-Clipboard:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Out-Clipboard

PS ~/projects/lesspass-powershell> Get-Random | Out-Clipboard
Out-Clipboard : The term 'Out-Clipboard' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:14
+ Get-Random | Out-Clipboard
+              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo
: ObjectNotFound        : (Out-Clipboard:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1118

Answers (1)

Alban
Alban

Reputation: 3215

Solution: install module

You can install aditionnal module ClipboardText

Locate command

On Windows (PS v5.1) to know which module contains these command :

PS> get-module | ?{$_.ExportedCommands.Keys -like '*-Clipboard'}

    ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands
    ---------- -------    ----                                ----------------
    Manifest   3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Management     {Add-Computer, Add-Content, Checkpoint-Computer, Clear-Content...}
    Script     3.2.0.0    Pscx                                {Add-PathVariable, Clear-MSMQueue, Convert-Xml, ConvertFrom-Base64...}

However, this results is empty on PS v6.1 core!

get-module Microsoft.PowerShell.Management,pscx | ?{$_.ExportedCommands.Keys -like '*-Clipboard'}

Upvotes: 1

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