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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by adolfojp on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @04:03PM (#26894708)
You can also launch the Windows file explorer the same way. "explorer.exe ."
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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by joromero on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @10:52PM (#26898211)
I recently discovered that you can do

  cat file | clip.exe
which as expected will copy to your clipboard
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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by tester756 on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:11PM (#26896082)
In Power-Shell

>ii .

:)

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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by cyberCleve on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:28PM (#26897600)
Ah, I was confused until I ran > alias ii

Now I see why this works. Good trick either way.

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