Edit string in clipboard

Is there any software that can automatically edit a string in the Windows clipboard e.g. be programmed to remove "- " in the string before it is pasted? (Windows 10.0.10492)

If all you want to do is replace the minus-dash signs in text strings, have a look at Autohotkey, which amongst many things might possibly do what you want.

AutoHotkey

For eg. the following script, which I have modified from the Superuser link shown, can allow you to copy Strings/Text as you normally do using Ctrl+c , and if you use its hotkey, which is Ctrl+Alt+c , then it can copy a modified String/Text with all "-" signs/characters removed.

RegexClipboard.ahk

Code:

; To replace dash [-] with a space " " in copied strings
; ie replace any and all - (dashes) with  space/s
; possible uses for the RegExReplace command - replace any of these characters \? <>/\\\*""|:-
; "Ctrl+Alt+c" is the hotkey when Strings need to be modified
; "Ctrl+v"     hotkey for PASTE remains unchanged
; "Ctrl+c"     will still remain as hotkey for unmodified Strings and other objects such as files images etc
; Clipboard History can show both modified & unmodified strings
SendMode Input

; "Ctrl+Alt+c" is the hotkey

^!c::
Send ^c
ClipWait
sleep 250
OldClip := clipboard
clipboard = %oldClip%
NewClip := RegExReplace(clipboard, "[-]", " ")
sleep 250
clipboard = %NewClip%
ClipWait
;msgbox, old clip:---`n%OldClip%
;msgbox, new clip:---`n%clipboard%
sleep 250
return

; modified from
; reference JinSnow
; page      https://superuser.com/questions/351993/automatically-strip-invalid-characters-from-windows-filenames

In addition, if you are using the Windows "Clipboard History", hopefully it will show both the original strings and the modified Strings as they are copied to the Clipboard.



Only thing is you would need to read up on Autohotkey, to gain some understanding of how ti works.

Many thanks - this is very helpful.