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William
Asked: 2020-04-29 13:41:49 +0800 CST

Is there a way to execute keyboard shortcuts from the terminal?

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I would like to execute a keyboard Ctrl+L shortcut from the terminal. In details, I would like to remap Alt+C to Ctrl+C on my keyboard. Alt+C remapping it is not hard triggering Ctrl+C seems to be tricky

Is this possible?

gnome-terminal xubuntu

2 Answers

  1. This works unfortunately doesn't allow a linked command.

    xdotool key ctrl+l

    My plan was to use keyboard shortcuts under Ubuntu/Xubuntu to create autohotkey links but it fails to register the command.

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  2. Simple answer for an annoying problem. Copy/paste is different in Linux terminal than in the rest of the Linux system:

    Cut - Ctrl + Shift + X

    Copy - Ctrl + Shift + C

    Paste - Ctrl + Shift + V

    Hope this helps.

    see: https://howtoubuntu.org/how-to-cut-copy-and-paste-in-the-terminal-in-ubuntu

    also answered here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/389788/340499

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