The Graham Utilities for OS/2 - Version 2

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Clipbrd - Copy text to the clipboard

Summary

Clipbrd is a fast, simple way of copying text into the clipboard from a command line session.

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Command Line Format

Usage: Clipbrd {Switches} <File Spec>

Switches

-l
Large clipboard (64K)

Description

Clipbrd is a program which allows you to copy text into the system clipboard. By default, Clipbrd takes are file specification as a parameter, although, it can also be used as a pipe. Files or the output of other programs can be piped or redirected into Clipbrd. Presentation Manager programs can then paste that information elsewhere.

-l Large Clipboard (64K)

Clipbrd will use a large clipboard. Some programs are capable of working with very large amounts of text which may exceed 64K.

Note : This switch is only effective on the 32 bit version of Clipbrd. The 16 bit version of Clipbrd will report an error and only use the first 64K of data.

Examples

Clipbrd C:\Config.sys
Clipbrd will copy C:\CONFIG.SYS into the clipboard. 
DIR | Clipbrd
The output of the DIR command will be piped through Clipbrd into the system clipboard. 
Clipbrd  C:\Autoexec.bat
The file C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT will be redirected as input into Clipbrd. The file is copied to the system clipboard.