# Can't use clipboard() out REPL
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-use-clipboard-out-repl/50055
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** interactiveutils
**Created:** [November 12, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-use-clipboard-out-repl/50055 "2020-11-12T15:24:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@paulowagner1985](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/paulowagner1985)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-use-clipboard-out-repl/50055/1 "2020-11-12T15:24:10Z")
Hey guys!
I’m having problems using clipboard() outside of the REPL…
If i make a clip.jl file with:
x = “hi”
clipboard(x)
I get the message:
ERROR LoadError: UndefVarError: clipboard not defined
Also with only
clipboard()
What am i doing wrong?
Inside REPL, it works fine…
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@sijo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sijo)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-use-clipboard-out-repl/50055/2 "2020-11-12T15:48:12Z")
Hi, welcome to the Julia Discourse forum! If you do `@which clipboard`, it shows that `clipboard` is defined in the `InteractiveUtils` module. It appears that this module is automatically loaded by the REPL but not when executing a script. So just adding `using InteractiveUtils: clipboard` at the start of your script should fix it.
I can’t find anything about this in the documentation, maybe worth investigating and fixing with a PR…
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### Author:  [@paulowagner1985](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/paulowagner1985)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-use-clipboard-out-repl/50055/3 "2020-11-12T16:06:02Z")
Thanks a lot!
It worked!