[joeraut]

Which "yank" package are you using? I came across one [0], which copies the file selected to the clipboard instead of outputting it to stdout. I managed to get it to print to stdout, though:

  alias -g Y="| yank -- cat "

[0] https://github.com/mptre/yank

[williamdclt]

that's the one, from the readme: "If stdout is not a terminal the selected field will be written to stdout and exit without invoking the yank command"

Could be clearer, basically it means that if it's part of a pipe, it's going to print to stdout instead of copying to the clipboard