How to paste text to multiple columns in Excel

Learn Microsoft Excel: Smart Paste: Pasting text into different Excel cells can be done by making use of the TAB key in the text editor. Pressing Tab represents a new cell in Excel when pasting the contents into Microsoft Excel. To create a four column layout in Excel one would simply write down the name of the first column, press tab, write down the name of the second column, press tab and so on.

How to pipe command output to Windows clipboard

Use clip.exe!

Copy Command Line Output to Windows Clipboard Directly:

dir /h | clip – Copy the help manual for DIR command to the clipboard

tracert www.labnol.org | clip – Trace the path from your computer to another website – the output is automatically copied to the clipboard and not displayed on the screen.

netstat | clip - Check if your computer is connecting to websites without your knowledge.

 The clip.exe utility can also be used to copy contents of text files to clipboard directly from the command line.
 clip < C:\AUTOEXEC.bat – this will copy all the text from autoexec.bat to your Windows Clipboard.