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I have this nice alias which works well within my Ubuntu when I need to copy some terminal output right into my clipboard: 

alias xclip='xargs echo -n | xclip -selection clipboard'

Now something like cat myfile | xclip and I have output in the clipboard ready to be pasted within Ubuntu, which is really handy.

However, this does not work if I want to paste into my Windows 10 host (I am using Ubuntu VM). I always select and Ctrl+Shift+C, but I would love to be able to copy command output straight into clipboard just like selecting and Ctrl+Shift+C. Is there similar thing to xclip where I can copy/paste from Ubuntu to Windows 10 without mouse selection?

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  • Take a look at program xcutsel. Linux has more than one clipboard, and vmware/virtualbox copy automatically only one.
    – Ipor Sircer
    Commented Aug 30, 2016 at 15:28

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Using the primary clipboard as target works for me (Ubuntu). I can paste the string into my VMware host (provided that clipboard sharing is configured correctly):

echo hello | xclip -selection p

or shorter:

echo hello | xclip -i

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  • i tried this and the mouse selected (i.e. copied into the clip board in linux vm) did not get to shared on windows.
    – soMuchToLearnAndShare
    Commented Nov 1, 2018 at 11:33
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    Both primary (-p) and clipboard (-c) don't work for me for pasting to windows reliably. Just sometimes when I first do xclip -selection primary then xclip -selection secondary pasting to windows works. When I use xclip -selection primary I can't even past it to other programs in the Ubuntu VW. Very strange behavior.
    – fivef
    Commented Feb 7, 2020 at 13:20
  • This actually hinted me in the right direction. The solution that then worked for me, was this: unix.stackexchange.com/a/69134/147659
    – d4Rk
    Commented Dec 22, 2021 at 8:58

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