Little things that make live easier #6: Using clip.exe in cmd.exe to copy somehting into the clipboard

Windows comes with a handy little program, named clip.exe, that can be used to quickly copy something into the clipboard from cmd.exe.

For example, if I wanted to copy the current working directory into the clipboard, I'd go

C:\some\long\and\complicated\path>echo %CD% | clip

Similarly, if I needed to copy all files within the current directory, I'd do

C:\some\path>dir /b | clip

Also, I can copy the content of a file into the clipboard like so:

C:\some\path>clip < someFile.txt