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Solution

This prints the Windows' clipboard to stdout:

powershell.exe Get-Clipboard

Examples

$ echo "hello" | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
hello

$ date +%Y-%m-%d | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
2019-06-13

$ alias paste.exe='powershell.exe Get-Clipboard'
$ echo "world" | clip.exe
$ paste.exe
world

paste() {  # Add me to your .bashrc, perhaps.
    powershell.exe Get-Clipboard | sed 's/\r//'
    # The `sed` will remove the unwelcome carriage-returns
}

source: https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1069#issuecomment-391968532

Solution

This prints the Windows' clipboard to stdout:

powershell.exe Get-Clipboard

Examples

$ echo "hello" | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
hello

$ date +%Y-%m-%d | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
2019-06-13

$ alias paste.exe='powershell.exe Get-Clipboard'
$ echo "world" | clip.exe
$ paste.exe
world

paste() {  # Add me to your .bashrc, perhaps.
    powershell.exe Get-Clipboard | sed 's/\r$//'
    # The `sed` will remove the unwelcome carriage-returns
}

source: https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1069#issuecomment-391968532

Solution

This prints the Windows' clipboard to stdout:

powershell.exe Get-Clipboard

Examples

$ echo "hello" | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
hello

$ date +%Y-%m-%d | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
2019-06-13

$ alias paste.exe='powershell.exe Get-Clipboard'
$ echo "world" | clip.exe
$ paste.exe
world

source: https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1069#issuecomment-391968532

Solution

This prints the Windows' clipboard to stdout:

powershell.exe Get-Clipboard

Examples

$ echo "hello" | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
hello

$ date +%Y-%m-%d | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
2019-06-13

$ alias paste.exe='powershell.exe Get-Clipboard'
$ echo "world" | clip.exe
$ paste.exe
world

paste() {  # Add me to your .bashrc, perhaps.
    powershell.exe Get-Clipboard | sed 's/\r//'
    # The `sed` will remove the unwelcome carriage-returns
}

source: https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1069#issuecomment-391968532

Solution

This prints the Windows' clipboard to stdout:

powershell.exe Get-Clipboard

Examples

$ echo "hello" | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
hello

$ date +%Y-%m-%d | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
2019-06-13

$ alias paste.exe='powershell.exe Get-Clipboard'
$ echo "world" | clip.exe
$ paste.exe
world

source: https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1069#issuecomment-391968532

Alias

Here is a helpful alias from @Gordon Bean that removes the \r\n:

alias paste.exe="powershell.exe Get-Clipboard | perl -p -e 's/\r\n$//'"

Solution

This prints the Windows' clipboard to stdout:

powershell.exe Get-Clipboard

Examples

$ echo "hello" | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
hello

$ date +%Y-%m-%d | clip.exe
$ powershell.exe Get-Clipboard
2019-06-13

$ alias paste.exe='powershell.exe Get-Clipboard'
$ echo "world" | clip.exe
$ paste.exe
world

source: https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1069#issuecomment-391968532