New Command Line Exe : Unclip - Copy Unicode text to/from Windows clipboard

I built this utility for a project, if you want it free copy, email me at . It's an upgrade to existing clip command, making it Unicode plus some extra features including, reflowing text to fit the console window and opening into Notepad (without using a file)! This open source project is available here https://github.com/markpahulje/uniclip.

BTW, Microsoft in partnership with IBM and in the spirit of open innovation, released the source code to MS-DOS 4.00 under the MIT license. 

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Update Fri 03-May-24: Pro version ($5.00USD) includes opening in Notepad++. Built for Win10+. Email me at .

UNICLIP v1.0.0422.259 Help

To install, unzip and copy uniclip.exe into C:\Windows\System32. 

DESCRIPTION
Copies Unicode text result of any command to/from the Windows clipboard.

LIMITATIONS
There is still VERY limited support for Unicode in the CMD shell, piping, redirection and most commands are still ANSI only!
Run cmd.exe /U Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be in Unicode.

REQUIREMENTS
32-bit app which requires .NET Framework 4 Client Profile, so this can run on Win 7+.

SYNTAX
UNICLIP                     Dump contents
UNICLIP /h or /?         Help
UNICLIP /notepad      Open in Notepad
UNICLIP /fit                Reflow contents to fit current console window width

command | UNICLIP Copies contents of command to Windows clipboard via uniclip.
command < UNICLIP Copies contents of Windows clipboard into command via uniclip.

USAGE
uniclip

Writes the current Unicode text contents of the Windows clipboard to the console.

NOTE:
Default CMD.exe may not be set to display Unicode characters. To to display Unicode, change console code page using 'chcp 1200' Unicode for Win10+. Try 'chcp 65001' UTF-8 for Win 7+.
See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.text.encodinginfo.getencoding?view=netframe
work-4.0

Also, you can run cmd.exe /U which causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be
Unicode.


ARGUMENTS
No arguments recognized. All argument results in Help.

FLAGS
/h|/help Help
/notepad Opens Notepad with current clipboard contents
/fit Formats output to fit current console width

EXAMPLES

DIR | UNICLIP

Sends a Unicode directory listing to the clipboard.

UNICLIP < file.txt

Sends Unicode text file.txt onto the clipboard.

UNICLIP /fit

Writes the current Unicode text contents of the Windows clipboard to the console formatted to
current width of executing console.

UNICLIP /notepad

Sends current clipboard (Unicode text) into a new instance of Notepad.

BONUS
No file used; CTRL-V message sent to Notepad instance directly. Title change in Notepad to reflect paste success.



COPYRIGHT © 2024 Mark Pahulje (https://github.com/markpahulje/unclip) Win 7+, launch into Notepad,
reflow
Copyright © 2019 Aaron Meyers (https://github.com/bluemarsh/utf8clip) non-Win 7 compliant, not
working properly

LICENSE
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and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without
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Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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