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Placing file/string that have been copied.

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Copy and paste doesn't work in the terminal

Before you go marking this as a dupe, I know about Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V I try to use them, and it doesn't work. On one particular Ubuntu computer, normal copy paste commands do not work: They do not work locally, and they do not work via…
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Why bracketed paste mode is enabled sporadically in my terminal screen?

I use Ubuntu 14.04 and I have a weird issue with my terminal screen which is bugging me a lot. Could someone help me with it or explain me if I'm doing something wrong or non linux-way? I have some sort of a solution but I want understand why this…
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How do I disable 'Warning: Unsafe Paste' pop-up?

After upgrading from xubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, I'm getting the following warning message popping up when I try to paste into a terminal: I'm and experienced user. I do understand the implications of pasting arbitrary text from a web page into the…
Barton Chittenden
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How to paste commands into a TTY?

I have some rather long commands and file paths which I have copied to clipboard and need to execute in a TTY, however the file paths are too long to retype and I would like to just paste them in after the $ (I can retype the commands before them…
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text highlighting (select to copy) stopped working in the terminal

I have a weird effect in one workstation: suddenly, the system does not allow me to copy text from a terminal to paste it somewhere else by simpling selecting it. I can still paste into the terminal the text that I select in other windows. The…
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Ctrl + C & Ctrl + V not working in 16.04

I am not able to copy paste using keyboard shortcuts (CTRL+V and CTRL+C). It is not working globally on my Ubuntu 16.04. CTRL+A is working fine however. How can I fix it? I would be able to add a custom shortcut? If yes, please tell me how.…
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Copy and paste issue with Ubuntu 19.10

Since updating on Ubuntu 19.10 I have to copy a text twice to insert it. This issue occurs when I want to copy a password from a file opened inside LibreOffice Writer to Firefox. How can I solve the problem?
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How do I paste something from buffer directly to file using terminal in Ubuntu?

Recently, I'd copied some text from browser and I was too lazy too go and paste it in file by using file explorer. I was wandering if I can paste it directly to the file by just using terminal and some commands. Any suggestions?
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Tool to insert text snippets into applications

In German you start mails and letters with "Sehr geehrter Herr ....". I am tired of typing this again and again. And I am tired of configuring applications to give me shortcuts to insert text blocks like this. Is there a way to insert comment text…
guettli
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paste the contents of one file into another file using Vi

How can I copy content from one file, and in another file somehow delete the original content and then paste the contents of the first file using vi editor? Or can it be done using another editor easily?
Avani badheka
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Disable mouse middle button click paste on KDE, keeping that button working

How to disable mouse middle button click paste (AKA PRIMARY selection buffer), but keep that button working? My system: Ubuntu 16.04 with KDE v5.8.5.
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Global keyboard shortcut for copy, cut and paste

How can I define a global shortcuts for copy, cut and paste? I'm used to Mac's ⌘+C for copy and ⌘+V for paste. They are global, so I can use them interchanging data between CLI and GUI apps. How can one configure global shortcuts, e.g ⊞ Win+C (copy)…
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Is it possible to to take screenshot and paste it using keyboard only?

I frequently create material containing screenshots from computer. For ~15 years using Windows and Word it was Alt+PrintScreen -> Ctrl+V and the image was in place. In Ubuntu similar result can be achieved in dozens of different ways/programs but…
Ohto Nordberg
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How to remove the trailing spaces in the output file when paste command is used?

file a ATOM 1149 N MET B ATOM 1150 CA MET B ATOM 1151 C MET B ATOM 1152 O MET B ATOM 1153 CB MET B ATOM 1154 CG MET B ATOM 1155 SD MET B ATOM 1156 CE MET B ATOM 1157 N SER B ATOM 1158 CA SER B file b …
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Can't create folders from GUI even though I'm ADMIN/ROOT

I'm pretty new to ubuntu, or linux for that matter, and I'm trying to perform the simplest activity ever, copy and paste a file; for some reason, when I right-click the folder /usr/bin I see that the 'paste' option is gray (meaning I can't select…
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