How can you get the clipboard contents with a Windows command?

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For example, I can copy a file to the clipboard like this: ``` clip < file.txt ``` (Now the contents of `file.txt` is in the clipboard.) How can I do the opposite: ``` ???? > file.txt ``` So that the contents of the clipboard will be in `file.txt`?

Accepted Answer

You can use the paste.exe software in order to paste text just like you are describing.

http://www.c3scripts.com/tutorials/msdos/paste.html

With it you can do:

```
paste | command
```

to paste the contents of the windows clipboard into the input of the specified command prompt

or

```
paste > filename
```

to paste the clipboard contents to the specified file.

How can you get the clipboard contents with a Windows command?

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