copy/paste between browser and terminal

da.wie · 12-26-2015, 06:27 AM

Hi

How does one copy text from eg Firefox and paste it into the terminal?

I need to run this command:

wget http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/s...83_x32.tar.bz2

Thanks

linuxtech99 · 12-26-2015, 07:20 AM

Copy using "Ctrl + C" and paste in terminal using "Ctrl + Shift + V"

Tonus · 12-26-2015, 07:21 AM

To copy and past in terminal try adding shift to the combo ctrl + C/V/X

Edit : ninjaed

grail · 12-26-2015, 07:59 AM

Are talking after you have dropped out to a terminal or just some gui terminal? If the gui kind I just highlight with mouse and then press the scroll button in the terminal window

da.wie · 12-26-2015, 01:17 PM

Thanks for the answers. What I mean is to paste in the shell (ctrl alt f3).

Is it possible to do that?

Habitual · 12-26-2015, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by da.wie

What I mean is to paste in the shell (ctrl alt f3).

That's a console.

grail · 12-27-2015, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by da.wie

Thanks for the answers. What I mean is to paste in the shell (ctrl alt f3).

Is it possible to do that?

Not that I am aware of as you are leaving the environment where the copy was performed, so the console would have no knowledge
of any previous key strokes or the like.
I think your best option would be to paste what you need into a text file and then open it once you are at the console.

ondoho · 12-27-2015, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by da.wie

Thanks for the answers. What I mean is to paste in the shell (ctrl alt f3).

Is it possible to do that?

no.

however, there's no reason to leave your graphical environment to perform a wget.
you can even do it through your browser; it only donloads the file.

wpeckham · 12-27-2015, 06:55 AM

Yes.
I do it all the time.

I run Sparky and MINT at home right now, and have run many others. Copy/paste does nto always work the SAME, but it always works. (for me)

If your window has a edit menu option, you may need to use that in some applications, depending upon the xWindows, but generally the key bindings work.

Experiment. It is FUN.

Habitual · 12-27-2015, 07:08 AM

I don't know if it's just me that does this, but I have to 'build' my clipboard in a file.
I make heavy use of bash_history and echo and redirect to a file, for use in a console,
regardless if I have a GUI session running or not. The console is well, the console.

GUI tools on a "server" is a foreign idea in my mind. But console is console! Ta Da...!
Use this:

Code:

echo "wget http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/sublime_text_3_build_3083_x32.tar.bz2" > ~/getrackcdn

Then in a console use:

Code:

sh /path/to/getrackcdn

It will execute the file and download in the directory from which it ran and damn easier to remember too.

ondoho · 12-27-2015, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wpeckham

Yes.
I do it all the time.

my "no" was in answer if copy/paste works in a non-gui console/tty, which op described as "shell", but the added (ctrl-alt-f3) explains it.

if copy/paste indeed works from a running Xsession into a different tty, i'd be genuinely interested how?

da.wie · 12-29-2015, 10:37 AM

Ok thanks

I'm still not sure how I would for example run this command to download rpm:

Code:

su -c 'dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E fedora).noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E fedora).noarch.rpm'

Do I need to type it into the console or is there a faster way?

Thanks

Dawie

suicidaleggroll · 12-29-2015, 10:53 AM

Highlight it with your mouse, then middle click (with the scroll wheel) in the terminal emulator.

Or highlight it with your mouse, press Ctrl+C, then go to the terminal emulator, and press Ctrl+Shift+V.

If you truly are working in a tty rather than a terminal emulator, then you can't directly copy-paste between X and the tty. You'd probably copy/paste it into a file using the terminal emulator, then switch to the tty and execute the file as a script, though it's very rare that you'd be working in X and a tty at the same time...

gillsman · 12-30-2015, 02:43 AM

For me I just copy in normal way then move mouse cursor to terminal window right click & select paste. I use Mint, don't know if it works differently in other distro's but it works fine for me.

ondoho · 12-30-2015, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by da.wie

I'm still not sure how I would for example run this command to download rpm:

Code:

su -c 'dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E fedora).noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E fedora).noarch.rpm'

Do I need to type it into the console or is there a faster way?

according to your thread title, you copy this command from the web browser?
and then you want to switch to a non-graphical tty and execute that command?

ok, here's how:

Code:

echo "su -c 'dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E fedora).noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E fedora).noarch.rpm'" > somefile

(of course you could also create "somefile" with a graphical text editor, but why complicate things?)

now change to a tty, and execute:

Code:

source ./somefile