Here are two function to get and set the clipboard. If your familiar with the method of using the windows forms class be warned, that method has a limited data length.

{{Powershell}}
function Git-Clipboard {            
    powershell -noprofile -sta -command {add-type -assembly presentationcore;[windows.clipboard]::gettext()}            
}            
            
function Set-Clipboard {            
    $text | outfile “tempClipboardText.txt”            
    powershell -noprofile -sta -command {add-type -assembly presentationcore;[windows.clipboard]::settext([string]::join([environment]::newline, (get-content “tempClipboardText.txt”)))}            
	del “tempClipboardText.txt”            
}