How to Copy and Paste in Windows PowerShell

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How do I effectively copy and paste input and output in the Windows PowerShell?

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To select text in PowerShell with the mouse, just select it as usual.
To copy the selected text to the clipboard you have to either hit Enter, or right-click.
To paste into the PowerShell window, right click.

keyboard

Paste: alt+[space], e, p

Note: In current versions of Windows 10, Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V work as expected.

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#IfWinActive ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass
^v::
SendInput {Raw}%clipboard%
return

Save that with an "ahk" extension and run it.

How to copy text from PowerShell

Just select the text in the console window and press enter or the right mouse button. That selected text ends up in your clipboard.

Note that this will only work if QuickEdit mode is enabled for the console window. If it is not, then either enable it in the console window properties (System menu → Properties → Options) or enter Mark mode via System menu → Edit → Mark (Alt+Space, E, K on an English Windows).

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