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Asked: 2010-07-21 08:07:48 +0800 CST

how to send a file into clipboard from command line (CLI)?

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I expect something simple like "put2clip c:\boot.ini" which would result in the same thing as right-clicking in explorer the boot.ini file and select 'copy'.

i looked at nirsoft's nircmd, thinkingms.com/pensieve/2009/03/14/ClipexeACommandLineToolForTheWindowsClipboard.aspx and steve.org.uk/Software/clipboard/ bot none of them seems to do the work or provide good documentation.

thanks.

windows command-line-interface clipboard

2 Answers

  1. You don't specify which flavour of Windows, but anything from Vista/2003 onwards should work doing this:

    echo blah | clip

    or 

    type myTextFile.txt | clip

    However, I am not aware of a way to put an object (like a file (jpg, mp3, ini, etc)) into the clipboard from the command line using native tools.

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  2. "simple command line tool to copy file into windows clipboard" See: https://github.com/rostok/file2clip

    It includes source.

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