Hi, excuse me for this basic question, but could anyone tell me how can I copy text from this consol...

Nelson Rodriguez

02/25/2023, 1:05 AM

Hi, excuse me for this basic question, but could anyone tell me how can I copy text from this console? I tried

ctrl + shift + c

ctrl + c

right click

and first two kill the process and the latter does nothing.

Mitch Bailey

02/25/2023, 8:19 AM

@Nelson Rodriguez Some linux terminals have automatic copy of the selected text and use the middle mouse button for paste. Other times, you can find a right mouse pop up like Larry mentioned. Using emulators or Chrome Remote Desktop can add some extra steps if you’re trying to get to paste into pc documents.

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Stefan Schippers

02/25/2023, 8:46 AM

just use the middle button to paste. Left button Click and drag --> select and copy middle button click --> paste

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Stefan Schippers

02/25/2023, 8:58 AM

If you add this line in your `~/.Xresources`:

XTerm*selectToClipboard:true

the next time you log into the system (or after executing

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

) xterm selection (explained above) will directly go into the clipboard in addition to the cut buffer, so in other "desktop" applications you can just do

ctrl-v

to paste.

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Nelson Rodriguez

03/06/2023, 6:14 AM

Very helpful, I didn't know about the automatic copy, thanks @Mitch Bailey, thanks @Stefan Schippers. Stefan regarding the last instruction you mentioned, I don't have that hidden

.Xresources

file, do I have to create it and what kind of permissions should it have?

Stefan Schippers

03/06/2023, 9:54 AM

@Nelson Rodriguez you can create if it is not existing, it just need user read permissions, so defaults are ok usually.

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