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Copy string to clipboard natively python 3

I looked for a long time for a good method to put a string on the clipboard, using only the directories included in python. I tried

import subprocess
def copy2clip(txt):
    cmd='echo '+txt.strip()+'|clip'
    return subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)

and then calling 

copy2clip('text')

However this seemed to add an extra line to the text on the clipboard.

I also tried the Tkinter method, but it just made the python window crash when I tried to paste.

I am running python 3.5.2 on windows 10.

Solution

  • I used

    import subprocess
txt = "Save to clipboard!"
subprocess.run(['clip.exe'], input=txt.strip().encode('utf-16'), check=True)

    worked perfectly. Thanks @eryksun for commenting this answer.