Functions to manipulate the clipboard from the PowerShell

read-clipboard.ps1

function read-clipboard
	{
		PowerShell -NoProfile -STA -Command {
					Add-Type -Assembly PresentationCore
					[Windows.Clipboard]::GetText()
    					}
	}
	

set-clipboard.ps1

function set-clipboard
	{
		param(
    		## The input to send to the clipboard
    		[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
    		[object[]] $InputObject
		)

		begin
			{
    				Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
 				$objectsToProcess = @()
			}

		process
			{
   				## Collect everything sent to the script either through
    				## pipeline input, or direct input.
				$objectsToProcess += $inputObject
			}

		end
			{
				## Launch a new instance of PowerShell in STA mode.
 				## This lets us interact with the Windows clipboard.
				$objectsToProcess | PowerShell -NoProfile -STA -Command {
					Add-Type -Assembly PresentationCore

					## Convert the input objects to a string representation
					$clipText = ($input | Out-String -Stream) -join "`r`n"

					## And finally set the clipboard text
					[Windows.Clipboard]::SetText($clipText)
    					}
			}
	}