Questions tagged [copy-and-paste]
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copy and paste doesn't work in terminal
When trying to copy and paste from the terminal, it doesn't work. I can't use Ctrl + C to copy, and when I select the text with the mouse and right click, no option to copy or cut appears.
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 for the first time a few days ago…
Syd
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Copied filenames prefixed with `x-special/nautilus-clipboard copy file://`
Whenever I copy-paste a file path I get this:
x-special/nautilus-clipboard copy
file://
instead of just
PixelPioneer
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Cut-Paste or Copy-Paste not working on Ubuntu 20.04 on using right-click context menu
I tried to cut/copy a file from one folder and paste it in another folder using the right-click context menu. However, the paste option is not working. The problem does not happen within same folder. How to solve this issue?
Subhadip Roy
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How to select (copy) an output in terminal without mouse
It seems like a typical way that you have some output in the terminal and if you want to select certain phrase you use your mouse to copy it, but is there any way to select without using mouse? For example, I input ls, and get a list of files, and I…
Kuai Yu
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Copy and paste not working in ubuntu in VirtualBox 6.1.2
I have gone to Settings → General → Advanced → Shared clipboard and changed to Bidirectional. Also did the same for Drag'n'Drop and changed it to Bidirectional too.
However I am still unable to copy and paste from my Windows 10 desktop to my…
noob
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Copying file path from GUI to the command line
When I copy a file path from the GUI (right-click on file and press 'Copy') and then paste it in the command line (Ctrl + Shift + V), it shows as:
file:///home/user/Documents/file.ext
I would like it to show as:
/home/user/Documents/file.ext
Is…
Math_Max
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How to disable middle button paste in Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS?
I have installed Tweaks and turned Middle Click Paste off. That doesn't help.
I have also followed all of the recommendations in these posts:
How do I disable middle mouse button click paste?
However, I can't get it disabled. It's a very annoying…
user434002
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Ubuntu 21.04 Wayland copy/paste intermittently fails
Ubuntu 21.04
Gnome 3.38.5
Wayland
I've noticed that intermittently copy/paste starts failing. Anecdotally this only seems to happen when trying to paste into an electron app (slack/atom) but after that affects other applications too. Haven't found a…
db579
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How can one copy text from nano in Ubuntu WSL2 and paste it into a Windows application?
Microsoft has made this nifty tool called Windows Subsystem for Linux. WSL2 creates a lightweight VM running Linux (in this case Ubuntu) to facilitate using Linux on Windows.
Within WSL2 (Ubuntu) I've run: sudo nano ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. I attempt to…
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Trouble with Copy/Paste to a desktop folder
Being brand new at Ubuntu, I cannot understand how to copy contents in a flash drive to a desktop folder I created.
I can select the copy method on the flash drive but can't seem to make it go to the destination folder because there is no "paste"…
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copy/paste between different programs stops working under Ubuntu 21.04
My OS:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 21.04
Release: 21.04
Codename: hirsute
I've installed it days ago on my Dell Latitude 7420, and also have a bunch of other problems, reported here -- but I hope they are not related…
Prof.Chaos
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Ubuntu 18.04 Nautilus copy image instead of path
I am used to simply COPY (Ctrl+C) an image file from the file manager and past it into a document (Slack, Google Docs etc), this is standard feature on Windows and macOS.
However on Ubuntu 18.04 and Nautilus (File 3.26.4) it copies a path like this:…
pagep
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How to avoid the "dangerous copy and paste" problem
A brief quote from the article "Old tricks are new again: Dangerous copy and paste" at The H Security website:
Copying and pasting something does not necessarily mean the user will get what they think they are getting. With a little bit of HTML…
n00b
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How do I disable/remove Klipper in KDE Plamsa 5?
Klipper is frequently causing the system to hang on copy/paste actions. This is indicated by my taskbar being non-interactive on copy/paste. This will usually last for 10-30 seconds, or I will restart plasma through the terminal.
How do I…
no_one
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Copying and exporting chat from Zoom
Is there a way of selection on Zoom under Ubuntu all the chat to copy and paste it into a text file? I can only select one message at a time.
Anton Setzer
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