Get-Clipboard PowerShell V5

WMF 5 offers this cool cmdlet called Get-Clipboard. This cmdlet let you paste the content of the clipboard into a PowerShell variable and use it in your script. Lets do a simple demo

lets say you have a list of computer like so

Now lets right click on it and select copy or press crtl+C. Now these server name are in you clipboard. Open a PowerShell Window and type

“Get-Clipboard -Format Text”

The variable $a now has the list on the  server names and it can be used in a foreach loop to perform task on the servers. It is very helpful when testing logic of a script or need to get something done quickly.

There is another cool feature that Get-Clipboard offers when using the parameter -format. You can paste a file structure and PowerShell will return that folder structure  in a object if needed. Lets Take a look

Copy some folders from Windows Explorer

Now use the following cmdlet “Get-Clipboard -Format FileDropList” and it will give the folder structure as such

Also it will let you interact with the properties of the object