#PSTip Send the last command executed to clipboard

Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or above.

When I start writing a script, I generally start at the shell and make sure the logic I am working on holds good. Also, when writing blog posts, I tend to use the console – either powershell.exe or powershell ISE console – and then copy the commands into a blog post.

So, generally, I end up copying the last command I executed to either a blog post or a script. So, here is a small snippet I use to achieve that!

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(Get-History)[-1].commandline | clip

Simple! The trick to get the last executed command is to use an array index -1 which means the last item in the array. Now, all I need to do is put this in a simple function and put it in my profile for easy access:

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Function Copy-LastCommand {
	(Get-History)[-1].commandline | clip
}