batch file - Copy text from a Windows CMD window to clipboard

Question

Does anyone know if it's possible to copy text from a Windows' command prompt or console window like the output of a command, console application or batch file?

Answer 1

Another option, if you know ahead of time that you want the results of a command to be placed on the clipboard, is to pipe your output to the CLIP utility.

Here are a two simple examples

echo Hello world!|clip

dir|clip