Copy and paste in the terminal?

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How do you copy and paste inside the terminal?

I've tried with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V; neither works, they just insert ^C or ^V into the prompt. What am I doing wrong?

CTRL + SHIFT + C and CTRL + SHIFT + V try this – bhordupur Apr 14 '20 at 18:00 — bhordupur, Apr 14 '20 at 18:00

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 14 '20 at 18:04

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In order to copy and paste in the terminal, you need to include the SHIFT key. For example:

Ctrl+Shift+C = Copy
Ctrl+Shift+V = Paste

Regular Ctrl+C won't work because the terminal interprets this as cancelling/interrupting an operation.

edited Apr 14 '20 at 18:04

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answered Apr 14 '20 at 18:01

Daniel M.

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Artur Meinild · Answer 2 · 2020-04-14T18:44:41.553

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In addition to the above: If you are using an xterm or similar, many terminal programs also support a "quick edit" mode, where selecting text with the mouse automatically copies it (sometimes you have to press enter), and clicking right mouse button inserts at the cursor.

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answered Apr 14 '20 at 18:38

Artur Meinild

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 15 '20 at 07:04

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Keyboard is the most assured method but if you are slightly more comfortable with mouse click functions then you can 1) highlight the text with the mouse and RT CLICK for copy - and 2) middle mouse button (click wheelie) for paste

answered Apr 15 '20 at 07:04

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Copy and paste in the terminal?

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