Update: as pointed out by SFA_AOK in the comments two more shortcuts have been added.
For ages man has toiled with pasting data into a terminal window by using the mouse. Right-Click, paste. Middle-click, Paste. Its all very tedious for all of us keyboard warriors. Those of us that are slowed down by the mouse and its pagan graphical goodness. No more! I present to you keyboard shortcuts that work within the terminal!
ctrl-insert : copy
shift-insert : paste
shift-delete : cutshift-ctrl-C : copy
shift-ctrl-V : paste
Really. Give it a try. Copy something. Open a terminal. Paste. Mouse not required. What a beautiful day it is to be a keyboard warriors. You learn something new everyday.
(queue the small print) yes it is a little weird to get used to new shortcuts but it’ll be worth it. Plus, for those of us using Dvorak anyway the old-fashioned ctrl c v x aren’t in optimal positions anyway. Thanks goes to Aaron for sharing this tidy little nugget of keyboard goodness.
Maybe I’ve missed the point but: what was wrong with ctrl-shift C and ctrl-shift V?
Ah OK, just wanted to make sure you weren’t talking about something else that I was missing out on 🙂
How would you use ctrl-insert? Is it the exact same as shift-ctrl-C?
Also, what exactly is shift-delete doing?
For the record, Christer is talking about KDE’s Konsole.
Thanks for these as I never new copy or cut. I miss gnome-terminal’s shift+ctrl+c though.
It’s not “terminal” shortcuts, it’s Konsole.
“Also, what exactly is shift-delete doing?”
I’m not sure about gnome, but in KDE shift+delte just deletes a file instead of moving it to the trash.
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how do you select the stuff to copy and paste?
And since your hand is already on the mouse to select, why shift your hand to the keyboard to do the rest?
Thanks, I was looking how to paste into (u)xterm with keyboard, shift-insert works for me.
One of my favorites is “!!”, which gets expanded to your last full command. Like, “vi /etc/apt/sources.list” – oops, “sudo !!”. Or, “rm testfile.c”, “svn !!”. Or, “find . -name ‘*!'” followed by “rm $(!!)”. You get the idea.
The ctrl-shift-c and ctrl-shift-v keystrokes have to be some of the worst inspired ever.
Works for pasting things from web browser (Win PC IE) into vi (PuTTY session, using screen).
Neat – but the default Adblock Plus configuration relies on ctrl-shift-V combo to open the blockable items list. The instructions to change this are at http://adblockplus.org/en/faq_customization#shortcuts
(humor)
You had me until you said you were using Dvorak keyboarding.
It reminded me of the scene in “Raising Arizona” whence the old con os stream-of-conciousness(ing) on the top bunk and he mentions “We ate sand.”
(Thanks for the hint. Useful.)
magaphoto
If you want to use Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V for cut and paste you can use Alt-F2 > gconf-editor > apps > gnome-terminal > keybindings > look for copy and paste > right-click > edit key > delete
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Doesn’t work 🙁
I suppose this only works in a specific, unmentioned terminal? I’m using xterm in openbox in Debian.
In regard to change keybinding for copy to CTRL-C – This is not a good idea as in all LINUX based systems CTRL-C is reserved for killing a running process
it does not fuckin work with mono.
I ‘m trying to perform the instructions below but I am cofused.
Copy and paste means type in the Terminal window as well?
Thans for your help.
TERMINAL
Launch a Terminal window (in /Applications/Utilities) and copy and paste:
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
Great!!!
I searched a long time, I had HyperTerminal 7.0 PE – for 21 days…
Now I can use my favourite again: Putty
Thanks a lot, mate, you saved my day 😀
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