diff --git a/src/Tests/ClipboardServiceTests.cs b/src/Tests/ClipboardServiceTests.cs
index 3d7f54ba..3d08319d 100644
--- a/src/Tests/ClipboardServiceTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/ClipboardServiceTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using TextCopy;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using TextCopy;
 
 public class ClipboardServiceTests
 {
@@ -11,6 +12,19 @@ public async Task Simple()
         await VerifyInnerAsync("🅢");
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public async Task PassesCancellationToken()
+    {
+        // A token that is never cancelled must not interfere with normal operation.
+        using var source = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        var token = source.Token;
+
+        await ClipboardService.SetTextAsync("Foo", token);
+
+        var actual = await ClipboardService.GetTextAsync(token);
+        Assert.AreEqual("Foo", actual);
+    }
+
     static void VerifyInner(string expected)
     {
         ClipboardService.SetText(expected);
diff --git a/src/TextCopy/BashRunner.cs b/src/TextCopy/BashRunner.cs
index 9c42d35b..e033a43a 100644
--- a/src/TextCopy/BashRunner.cs
+++ b/src/TextCopy/BashRunner.cs
@@ -4,10 +4,34 @@ static class BashRunner
 {
     public static string Run(string commandLine)
     {
-        StringBuilder errorBuilder = new();
-        StringBuilder outputBuilder = new();
         var arguments = $"-c \"{commandLine}\"";
-        using Process process = new()
+        using var process = StartBash(arguments, out var outputBuilder, out var errorBuilder);
+        if (!process.DoubleWaitForExit())
+        {
+            var timeoutError = $@"Process timed out. Command line: bash {arguments}.
+Output: {outputBuilder}
+Error: {errorBuilder}";
+            throw new(timeoutError);
+        }
+
+        return GetResult(process, arguments, outputBuilder, errorBuilder);
+    }
+
+    public static async Task<string> RunAsync(string commandLine, Cancellation cancellation)
+    {
+        var arguments = $"-c \"{commandLine}\"";
+        using var process = StartBash(arguments, out var outputBuilder, out var errorBuilder);
+
+        await process.WaitForExitAsync(cancellation);
+
+        return GetResult(process, arguments, outputBuilder, errorBuilder);
+    }
+
+    static Process StartBash(string arguments, out StringBuilder outputBuilder, out StringBuilder errorBuilder)
+    {
+        var output = new StringBuilder();
+        var error = new StringBuilder();
+        var process = new Process
         {
             StartInfo = new()
             {
@@ -20,17 +44,17 @@ public static string Run(string commandLine)
             }
         };
         process.Start();
-        process.OutputDataReceived += (_, args) => { outputBuilder.AppendLine(args.Data); };
+        process.OutputDataReceived += (_, args) => { output.AppendLine(args.Data); };
         process.BeginOutputReadLine();
-        process.ErrorDataReceived += (_, args) => { errorBuilder.AppendLine(args.Data); };
+        process.ErrorDataReceived += (_, args) => { error.AppendLine(args.Data); };
         process.BeginErrorReadLine();
-        if (!process.DoubleWaitForExit())
-        {
-            var timeoutError = $@"Process timed out. Command line: bash {arguments}.
-Output: {outputBuilder}
-Error: {errorBuilder}";
-            throw new(timeoutError);
-        }
+        outputBuilder = output;
+        errorBuilder = error;
+        return process;
+    }
+
+    static string GetResult(Process process, string arguments, StringBuilder outputBuilder, StringBuilder errorBuilder)
+    {
         if (process.ExitCode == 0)
         {
             return outputBuilder.ToString();
diff --git a/src/TextCopy/LinuxClipboard_2.0.cs b/src/TextCopy/LinuxClipboard_2.0.cs
index 1b3d6465..b577149b 100644
--- a/src/TextCopy/LinuxClipboard_2.0.cs
+++ b/src/TextCopy/LinuxClipboard_2.0.cs
@@ -9,11 +9,18 @@ static LinuxClipboard()
         isWsl = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("WSL_DISTRO_NAME") != null;
     }
 
-    public static Task SetTextAsync(string text, Cancellation cancellation)
+    public static async Task SetTextAsync(string text, Cancellation cancellation)
     {
-        SetText(text);
-
-        return Task.CompletedTask;
+        var tempFileName = Path.GetTempFileName();
+        File.WriteAllText(tempFileName, text);
+        try
+        {
+            await BashRunner.RunAsync(SetCommand(tempFileName), cancellation);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            File.Delete(tempFileName);
+        }
     }
 
     public static void SetText(string text)
@@ -22,14 +29,7 @@ public static void SetText(string text)
         File.WriteAllText(tempFileName, text);
         try
         {
-            if (isWsl)
-            {
-                BashRunner.Run($"cat {tempFileName} | clip.exe ");
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                BashRunner.Run($"cat {tempFileName} | xsel -i --clipboard ");
-            }
+            BashRunner.Run(SetCommand(tempFileName));
         }
         finally
         {
@@ -37,9 +37,23 @@ public static void SetText(string text)
         }
     }
 
-    public static Task<string?> GetTextAsync(Cancellation cancellation)
+    static string SetCommand(string tempFileName) =>
+        isWsl
+            ? $"cat {tempFileName} | clip.exe "
+            : $"cat {tempFileName} | xsel -i --clipboard ";
+
+    public static async Task<string?> GetTextAsync(Cancellation cancellation)
     {
-        return Task.FromResult<string?>(GetText());
+        var tempFileName = Path.GetTempFileName();
+        try
+        {
+            await BashRunner.RunAsync(GetCommand(tempFileName), cancellation);
+            return File.ReadAllText(tempFileName);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            File.Delete(tempFileName);
+        }
     }
 
     public static string GetText()
@@ -47,14 +61,7 @@ public static string GetText()
         var tempFileName = Path.GetTempFileName();
         try
         {
-            if (isWsl)
-            {
-                BashRunner.Run($"powershell.exe -NoProfile Get-Clipboard  > {tempFileName}");
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                BashRunner.Run($"xsel -o --clipboard  > {tempFileName}");
-            }
+            BashRunner.Run(GetCommand(tempFileName));
             return File.ReadAllText(tempFileName);
         }
         finally
@@ -62,5 +69,10 @@ public static string GetText()
             File.Delete(tempFileName);
         }
     }
+
+    static string GetCommand(string tempFileName) =>
+        isWsl
+            ? $"powershell.exe -NoProfile Get-Clipboard  > {tempFileName}"
+            : $"xsel -o --clipboard  > {tempFileName}";
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/TextCopy/LinuxClipboard_2.1.cs b/src/TextCopy/LinuxClipboard_2.1.cs
index d6be710c..29df19d3 100644
--- a/src/TextCopy/LinuxClipboard_2.1.cs
+++ b/src/TextCopy/LinuxClipboard_2.1.cs
@@ -13,13 +13,7 @@ public static async Task SetTextAsync(string text, Cancellation cancellation)
     {
         var tempFileName = Path.GetTempFileName();
         await File.WriteAllTextAsync(tempFileName, text, cancellation);
-
-        if (cancellation.IsCancellationRequested)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        InnerSetText(tempFileName);
+        await InnerSetTextAsync(tempFileName, cancellation);
     }
 
     public static void SetText(string text)
@@ -48,6 +42,30 @@ static void InnerSetText(string tempFileName)
         }
     }
 
+    static async Task InnerSetTextAsync(string tempFileName, Cancellation cancellation)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            if (cancellation.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (isWsl)
+            {
+                await BashRunner.RunAsync($"cat {tempFileName} | clip.exe ", cancellation);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                await BashRunner.RunAsync($"cat {tempFileName} | xsel -i --clipboard ", cancellation);
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            File.Delete(tempFileName);
+        }
+    }
+
     public static string? GetText()
     {
         var tempFileName = Path.GetTempFileName();
@@ -67,7 +85,7 @@ static void InnerSetText(string tempFileName)
         var tempFileName = Path.GetTempFileName();
         try
         {
-            InnerGetText(tempFileName);
+            await InnerGetTextAsync(tempFileName, cancellation);
             return await File.ReadAllTextAsync(tempFileName, cancellation);
         }
         finally
@@ -87,5 +105,17 @@ static void InnerGetText(string tempFileName)
             BashRunner.Run($"xsel -o --clipboard  > {tempFileName}");
         }
     }
+
+    static async Task InnerGetTextAsync(string tempFileName, Cancellation cancellation)
+    {
+        if (isWsl)
+        {
+            await BashRunner.RunAsync($"powershell.exe -NoProfile Get-Clipboard  > {tempFileName}", cancellation);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            await BashRunner.RunAsync($"xsel -o --clipboard  > {tempFileName}", cancellation);
+        }
+    }
 }
 #endif