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<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#textoutput"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="adv-keyboard-shortcuts"/>
<revision version="0.1" date="2013-03-03" status="candidate"/>
<revision version="0.2" pkgversion="3.34" date="2020-01-04" status="candidate"/>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Sindhu S</name>
<email>sindhus@live.in</email>
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
<credit type="copyright editor">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
<credit type="copyright editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
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<desc>Copy and paste text in <app>Terminal</app>.</desc>
</info>
<title>Copy and paste</title>
<p>You can copy and paste text in <app>Terminal</app> in a similar way to
other applications. However, the keyboard shortcuts differ.</p>
<terms>
<item>
<title><gui>Copy</gui></title>
<p>Highlight the text portions you wish to copy, then right click on the
text portion and select <gui style="menuitem">Copy</gui>. Alternatively,
you can press
<keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>C</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><gui>Copy as HTML</gui></title>
<p>Highlight the text portions you wish to copy with color and font
attributes, then right click on the text portion and select
<gui style="menuitem">Copy as HTML</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><gui>Paste</gui></title>
<p>Right click in the <app>Terminal</app> and select
<gui style="menuitem">Paste</gui>. Alternatively, you
can press
<keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>V</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
</terms>
<note>
<p>The standard keyboard shortcuts, such as
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>C</key></keyseq>, cannot be used to copy and
paste text.</p>
</note>
</page>
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