Added Read-Clipboard

2025-12-06 00:23:20 +00:00 · 2021-07-24 11:20:04 -04:00
parent f86556a89d
commit 91eefbd48b
2 changed files with 56 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/Public/Read-Clipboard.ps1
+++ b/Public/Read-Clipboard.ps1
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+function Read-Clipboard {
+    <#
+        .SYNOPSIS
+        Read text from clipboard and pass to either ConvertFrom-Csv or ConvertFrom-Json.
+        Check out the how to video - https://youtu.be/dv2GOH5sbpA
+
+        .DESCRIPTION
+        Read text from clipboard. It is tuned to read tab delimited data. It can read CSV or JSON
+
+        .EXAMPLE
+        Read-Clipboard # delimter default is tab `t
+
+        .EXAMPLE
+        Read-Clipboard -Delimiter ',' # Converts CSV
+
+        .EXAMPLE
+        Read-Clipboard -AsJson # Converts JSON
+        
+    #>
+    param(
+        $Delimiter = "`t",
+        $Header,
+        [Switch]$AsJson
+    )
+    
+    if ($IsWindows) {
+        $osInfo = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem
+        if ($osInfo.ProductType -eq 1) {
+            $clipboardData = Get-Clipboard -Raw
+            if ($AsJson) {
+                ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $clipboardData
+            }
+            else {
+                $cvtParams = @{
+                    InputObject = $clipboardData
+                    Delimiter   = $Delimiter
+                }
+
+                if ($Header) {
+                    $cvtParams.Header = $Header
+                }
+                
+                ConvertFrom-Csv @cvtParams
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            Write-Error "This command is only supported on the desktop."
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        Write-Error "This function is only available on Windows desktop"
+    }
+}