How to copy in the Linux terminal

Copying files in the terminal is the process of copying one or more files from one directory to another, using the command line. In this article we will tell you in what cases copying is needed and how it is performed.

What copying is needed for

Copying in the Linux terminal can be useful in several situations:

1. You want to repeat a previously used command, you can simply copy it from the terminal history and paste it again.
2. If you want to save the output of a command to a file or copy it to the clipboard, you can highlight the desired text in the terminal and copy it
3. If you need to copy files from one directory to another, you can use the copy and paste commands in the terminal.
4. You have a text file or a string that you need to send to the terminal (for example, to automate commands), you can paste it from the clipboard.

Copy instructions

To copy in a Linux terminal, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+C is usually used. To paste copied text, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+V is used.

If you are working with remote access to the server through the console, then to copy the text it is enough to select the necessary part and right-click the mouse. To paste the copied text, the mouse button is also used, but not the right mouse button, but the middle one.

You can also use the pbcopy command to copy text to the clipboard and pbpaste to paste the copied text. For example, the command"cat file.txt | pbcopy" will copy the contents of the file.txt file to the clipboard. The command"pbpaste > newfile.txt" will paste the copied text into the newfile.txt file.