CMD: Add text to clipboard in DOS box/command line

Contributed by davak October 8, 2003  
Tagged: Windows

Windows Server 2003 now has the ability to add text to the clipboard from the command prompt. Previous versions of windows can add this ability by downloading a program.

Many of us are still command prompt / dos box junkies. I found a neat trick in a thread started by mattACK on slashdot.org this morning.

In Windows Server 2003, the ability to add text to the clipboard from the command line has been added.

type reallybigfile.txt | clip

Out of the box, this does not work with most other versions of windows; however, Clip can be downloaded from cmdtools.com to give you this capability.