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Cool, works out of the box after upgrading to WSL/Ubuntu 16!
– Marek Lewandowski
Commented Apr 15, 2017 at 22:28
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echo didn't work for me, but cat did. That is, entering cat filePath | clip.exe in the command prompt.
– Jet Blue
Commented Feb 8, 2018 at 3:21
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this works from shell to clipboard, but is there a solution for the reverse? looking for pbpaste or xclip -o equivalent.
– rev
Commented Mar 21, 2018 at 1:34
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@JetBlue Sounds like you were using echo wrong, then -- echo just prints the text you give it to the output. cat reads a file.
– anon
Commented Nov 10, 2018 at 2:14
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Something strange happens when I try to use io redirection with the read from clipboard option. I can run it just fine and it will dump the clipboard contents into the command line just fine, but when I try to do e.g. powershell.exe -command "Get-Clipboard" > test.txt, my WSL window appears to lose all personalization settings (font size, typeface) except color scheme. Is this typical?
– R. Barrett
Commented Jan 20, 2021 at 23:11

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