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I know you can highlight text with the mouse, but can this be done in a terminal on Linux/MacOSX with the keyboard only? I've tried using shift and other commands with the arrow keys to no avail.
Is this not possible with the keyboard?
ride the whirlwinds
Posted 2015-02-24T21:12:22.167
Reputation: 327
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I recommend using tmux. You can set it up with your own keyboard to highlight and copy text. See here.
Philipp Moers
Posted 2015-02-24T21:12:22.167
Reputation: 238
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To highlight the text in the linux ,you can use the below command
shift+arrow - highlight text
shift+ctrl+arrow - highlight an entire word
Please update us if you have issues.
vembutech
Posted 2015-02-24T21:12:22.167
Reputation: 5 693
2This doesn't work in the MacOSX terminal or my virtual machine Ubuntu 14.04 terminal. MacOSX: Pressing Shift + left comes up as ;2D and shift + right arrow ;2C instead of highlighting text. Linux: comes up as D and C when pressing shift left/right. – ride the whirlwinds – 2015-02-24T22:31:49.843
Linux? Windows? – Eric F – 2015-02-24T21:13:30.360
I don't think it matters. neither native terminals will support keyboard control for highlighting. – Daniel – 2015-02-24T21:20:51.640
Linux/MacOSX terminal – ride the whirlwinds – 2015-02-24T21:24:25.423