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clip.exe
A Windows utility invoked from inside WSL to pipe command output directly onto the Windows clipboard, crossing the boundary without a manual copy step.
also written as clip
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explorer.exeThe Windows File Explorer process, which can be launched from a WSL shell pointed at the current directory to open it visually without typing a UNC path.view terminteropThe WSL subsystem that lets Linux processes call Windows executables and vice versa, including PATH sharing, clipboard access, and file explorer handoff.view term
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