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| # monitor-clipboard-clean.ps1 | |
| # Cleans query params from leading youtu.be or instagram post URLs in the clipboard. | |
| # Example: | |
| # "https://youtu.be/0csxphA17bY?si=abc this is awesome" | |
| # -> "https://youtu.be/0csxphA17bY this is awesome" | |
| $ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' | |
| $OutputEncoding = [Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8 | |
| # Idle poll interval | |
| $intervalMs = 300 | |
| # Regexes: | |
| # - YouTube short URLs (youtu.be/<id>[?query][#fragment]) | |
| $reYouTube = '^(?<pre>\s*)(?<url>https://youtu\.be/[^?\s#]+)(?<query>\?[^\s#]*)?(?<frag>#[^\s]*)?(?<post>\s.*)?$' | |
| # - Instagram post URLs (https://(www.)?instagram.com/p/<id>/[?query][#fragment]) | |
| $reInsta = '^(?<pre>\s*)(?<url>https://(?:www\.)?instagram\.com/p/[^/\s?#]+/)(?<query>\?[^\s#]*)?(?<frag>#[^\s]*)?(?<post>\s.*)?$' | |
| function Get-ClipboardSafe { | |
| try { return (Get-Clipboard -Raw) } catch { return $null } | |
| } | |
| function Clean-LeadingUrlIfTarget([string]$text) { | |
| if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($text)) { return $null } | |
| foreach ($re in @($reYouTube, $reInsta)) { | |
| $m = [regex]::Match($text, $re) | |
| if ($m.Success) { | |
| $pre = $m.Groups['pre'].Value | |
| $url = $m.Groups['url'].Value # base URL without query | |
| $frag = $m.Groups['frag'].Value # keep fragment if present | |
| $post = $m.Groups['post'].Value # everything after the URL (starting with a space if any) | |
| # Reconstruct WITHOUT the query string, preserving fragment & trailing text | |
| $clean = "$pre$url$frag$post" | |
| if ($clean -ne $text) { return $clean } | |
| return $null | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return $null | |
| } | |
| $last = $null | |
| while ($true) { | |
| Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $intervalMs | |
| $cur = Get-ClipboardSafe | |
| if ($null -eq $cur) { continue } | |
| if ($cur -ne $last) { | |
| $updated = Clean-LeadingUrlIfTarget $cur | |
| if ($updated) { | |
| Set-Clipboard -Value $updated | |
| Write-Host "[cleaned] $(Get-Date -Format HH:mm:ss) -> $updated" | |
| $last = $updated | |
| } else { | |
| $last = $cur | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } |
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