Piping output from Git Bash to clipboard

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Bucket picture Bucket · Sep 18, 2013 · Viewed 28.5k times · Source

I often need to relay my Git output to my ever-friendly code buddies. The best way I know how is by doing this:

Right-click Git Bash title bar > Edit > Mark > Select lines > Enter

Bam - everything I selected is in my clipboard, and I am filled with joy.

Problem is, that's the boring way, and I like my relationship with Git to be full of excitement and glamour.

In Windows, you can pipe console output to your clipboard like-a so:

C:\> dir | clip

Amazing, right? Well, when you try to do something that in Git Bash, here's what happens:

> git branch | clip
sh.exe": clip: command not found

And that makes me sad. Is there a way to pipe Git Bash output to my clipboard in Windows so I can once again be filled with joy?

Answer

madhead picture madhead · Sep 21, 2013

Well, actualy git branch | clip works fine for me. clip command just calls clip.exe from C:\Windows\System32\. Make sure you have clip.exe installed somewhere in your PATH.

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