How to Copy the Command Output to Windows Clipboard

Like it or not, the command
prompt is still an indispensable
part of your Windows computer
because there are still a bunch of
things that can only be done by
writing commands.
For instance, if the computer isn’t
connecting to the Internet, you will probably be interested in the
output of the “ping” or the “tracert” command. If you need to print the contents of a directory in
Windows, the command “dir” will come to your rescue. Copy command line output to Windows Clipboard.
Now here’s a little trick. If you add the pipe *operator (|) to your
command followed by the “clip” command, the output of your original command will get saved to the Windows clipboard and won’t print inside the Command Prompt window.
Here are some examples:
°dir | clip Copy the content of a folder to the clipboard.
°tree | clip Display the recursive directory structure and save it to the clipboard.
°type error.log | clip Place the
content of the file error.log to the clipboard.
°sort file.txt | clip Sort the file and save the sorted output to the clipbord.
°ipconfig /all | clip Get details of your network connection for sending to tech support.
The “clip” command may not be
available on Windows XP but in
that case, you can use the redirect
operators, like > and >>, for saving
the command output to a text file.
Alternatively, right-click anywhere
inside the command window, select Mark from the contextual menu, use the mouse to highlight a block text and then press Enter to save it to the clipboard.
[*] The pipe operator (|) takes the
output of one command and directs it into the input of another command which in our case is clip.