shortcuts to select text in terminal

cafe_carl

Are there shortcuts for selecting some text in terminal, just like holding shift and pressing the arrow key when editing a text file in a text editor?

Originally asked by Tim on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I'm assuming you are referring to Gnome Terminal. No - there isnt a Copy and Paste mechanism using just the keyboard - you can use various short-cuts to paste (depending upon your Ubuntu version) i.e. CTRL + Shift + Ins , Shift + Ins or CTRL + Shift + V to paste text in the clipboard. However, if you type screen you enter the terminal emulator which allows you to select, copy and paste text using just the keyboard. To select (copy): Press Ctrl + A together followed by Escape . This puts you into Copy mode. Using the cursor keys move to the beginning of the text you want to copy. Press Enter . Now move to the end of the text to be copied. Press Enter . To Paste: Press Ctrl + A together...

Full answer by fossfreedom: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/55163 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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