Share this post: This is part of an ongoing blog series by Adam Gordon. Adam will show you how to use each PowerShell command each week. Adam will be covering Get-Clipboard this week.
When should you use Get-Clipboard
The Get-Clipboard cmdlet returns the contents of the clipboard in text. Multiple lines of text will be returned as an array of strings, similar to Get-Content.
Note: This cmdlet on Linux requires that the xclip utility be present in the path
What version of PowerShell do I use?
Get the PowerShell Version for your machine
$PSVersionTable
This command displays the PowerShell version information for your machine.
How to use Get Clipboard
Display the contents of the clipboard to the command-line.
Get-Clipboard
Learn the command last week: New-FileCatalog
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