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  • There is no such thing as /dev/clipboard in linux, that's something that only exists in cygwin. Usually programs like xclip or xsel are used to access the X server clipboard on linux, but I'm relatively sure that won't work on the windows linux subsystem.
    – mata
    Commented May 23, 2017 at 22:21
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    Do you need a solution for Windows in general, in which case it would be normal to use python.exe built for Windows, or a solution specifically when running Linux python under WSL?
    – Eryk Sun
    Commented May 23, 2017 at 22:34