You can copy and paste text in Terminal in a similar way to other applications. However, the keyboard shortcuts differ.
Highlight the text portions you wish to copy, then right click on the text portion and select Copy. Alternatively, you can press Shift+Ctrl+C.
Highlight the text portions you wish to copy with color and font attributes, then right click on the text portion and select Copy as HTML.
Right click in the Terminal and select Paste. Alternatively, you can press Shift+Ctrl+V.
The standard keyboard shortcuts, such as Ctrl+C, cannot be used to copy and paste text.
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