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Use clipboard through WSL?

Super User Asked by Guitarmony on February 4, 2021

I’m trying to get WSL to utilize my clipboard so I can update files from the output via xsel -b > my-umatrix-rules.txt. However, I’m getting the following error:

xsel: Can't open display: (null) : Inappropriate ioctl for device

I assume this has something to due with it being separately contained from Windows and therefore the clipboard itself. Is there a way I can get WSL to be able to look at the clipboard?

One Answer

To get information from the Windows clipboard into WSL, use PowerShell and the Get-Clipboard cmdlet, like so:

powershell.exe -c Get-Clipboard > my-umatrix-rules.txt

To send data to the Windows clipboard from WSL, the easiest way I know is to use clip.exe, like so:

cat my-umatrix-rules.txt | clip.exe

Answered by NotTheDr01ds on February 4, 2021

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