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Path Path Copy (https://github.com/clechasseur/pathcopycopy ) will copy Unix or WSL paths in Windows to the clipboard.

so if a Windows path looks like this:

"C:\Users\abc\Desktop\portable\coding apps\AutoHotkey_1.1.30.03"

it will copy a Unix path as:

C:/Users/abc/Desktop/portable/coding apps/AutoHotkey_1.1.30.03

and a WSL path as:

/mnt/c/Users/abc/Desktop/portable/coding\ apps/AutoHotkey_1.1.30.03

Notice that it added a backslash \ to escape the space in "coding apps"

However, WSL also accepts spaces in path names if they're enclosed in quotation marks like so:

"/mnt/c/Users/abc/Desktop/portable/coding apps/AutoHotkey_1.1.30.03"

I find this simpler.

I've tried adding a special path encoding scheme for WSL that avoids the backslashes before spaces, and simply encodes the path in quotations. The dialog box steps I used looked like this:

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Here, in the last dialog, I

  • checked the checkboxes indicated by the arrows.
  • added \/ in the find box, and
  • added in the replace box.

However, it's not working as I expected.

If anyone has suggestions or help to offer on how I can copy custom WSL paths without escaping spaces, and by enclosing everything in quotations instead, please do.

Alternatively, if anyone has suggestions for alternative methods to quickly get a WSL path in Windows, please share.

Thanks in advance.

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