[pbpaste workaround on wsl2]

[theAfricanQuant]

...But i found a workaround that could help

win32yank.exe -o accesses the clipboard of windows to extract teh info stored there

complete code sample that worked for me: win32yank.exe -o | fabric --pattern extract_main_idea

[foxbg]

If you are using powershell Get-Clipboard is also good replacement.
Source: https://labs.hbcom.info/posts/fabric/#additional-tips

[theNetworkChuck]

Using xsel covers it. Put this into your bashrc config

alias pbcopy='xsel --clipboard --input'
alias pbpaste='xsel --clipboard --output'

[theAfricanQuant]

I had tried the two above on wsl2...didn't work for me maybe I didn't understand how to use them

[theNetworkChuck]

Hello, My name is Mikayla, I am NetworkChucks admin. Thanks for reaching out, for any questions we do want to encourage you to use our discord as there are a lot of people who would love to help you there! Here is the link: https://discord.gg/networkchuck Hope this helps, Mikayla

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[xhorntail]

I had tried the two above on wsl2...didn't work for me maybe I didn't understand how to use them

The top two responses will only work outside of WSL.
Go with the @theNetworkChuck solution.

[omoralesg]

I am able to copy and paste my files within the command line in powershell or access the clipboard but when I run the paste with the | fabric -pattern custom_1 it says pattern not found . Any ideas what am I doing wrong ? Thanks

[foxbg]

Is your pattern included when you run with --list
If custom look at https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric?tab=readme-ov-file#custom-patterns

[omoralesg]

Is your pattern included when you run with --list If custom look at https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric?tab=readme-ov-file#custom-patterns

no, its not included in the --list . When I put the command Get-Clipboard | fabric --pattern custom1 seems to run it but then I get the message, pattern not found

[theAfricanQuant]

Using xsel covers it. Put this into your bashrc config

alias pbcopy='xsel --clipboard --input' alias pbpaste='xsel --clipboard --output'

I decide to retry this method today but with the tweak that has been working for me and it worked. I use /.zshrc in my case.

alias pbcopy='win32yank.exe -i'
alias pbpaste='win32yank.exe -o'

Thanks @theNetworkChuck for your shortcuts.

win32yank.exe is a tool used in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). WSL allows you to run a Linux environment directly on Windows. The win32yank.exe tool is used for accessing the Windows clipboard from within the WSL environment. The -o flag stands for "output", which means this command will output the contents of the Windows clipboard.

So, when you set alias pbpaste='win32yank.exe -o' in a shell running in WSL, you are essentially creating a way to use the pbpaste command familiar to macOS users to access the Windows clipboard within the Linux environment of WSL.

[foxbg]

Is your pattern included when you run with --list If custom look at https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric?tab=readme-ov-file#custom-patterns

no, its not included in the --list . When I put the command Get-Clipboard | fabric --pattern custom1 seems to run it but then I get the message, pattern not found

Then it looks you want to use a custom pattern. In that case you need to review information in the link. (Open new issue as the problem you face does not seem to be related to the current one)