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You can now press Ctrl+Shift+C to copy selected text in the Bash shell, and Ctrl+Shift+V to paste from your clipboard into the shell. Because this feature uses the standard operating system clipboard, you can copy and paste to and from other Windows desktop applications.
How do I copy text from a UNIX shell?
Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V
If you highlight text in the terminal window with your mouse and hit Ctrl+Shift+C you’ll copy that text into a clipboard buffer. You can use Ctrl+Shift+V to paste the copied text into the same terminal window, or into another terminal window.
How do I copy and paste a file in Unix?
How to copy/paste text in the UNIX terminal
- type either “cat > file_name” or “cat >> file_name”. In the first case file will be overwritten, in the second case pasted text will be appended to the file.
- actually paste – the action depends on the type of your terminal. …
- type in “end of file” command – usually Ctrl-D.
