Rolf Campbell wrote: > $ ipconfig > /dev/clipboard > $ ipconfig | cat > /dev/clipboard >>> The first command does *nothing* to the content of the clipboard. > The 2nd command does what I expected the first command to do. Unfortunatly under windows it is up to the application to handle things like | , > , etc. therefore I don't think this could ever be supported. Some applications I've found don't even seem to support the |, but you can still usually get around that by using echo `clipboard ` >/dev/clipboard. Chris -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/