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Fluffy
Asked: 2012-12-27 02:00:30 +0800 CST

Text selection CTRL+SHIFT+Cursor Keys in shell?

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I'm using guake and zsh and I'd like to use Ctrl+Shift+Arrows to select word-by-word, Ctrl+Arrows to jump around words, Shift+Arrows to select char-by-char in terminal. This is working as expected in applications like gedit.

Is it possible in any shell?

command-line

1 Answers

  1. The only way I know to select text from a shell without using the mouse is using GNU screen.

    Quick tutorial:

    Note: All GNU Screen commands are of the form: Ctrl+A followed by another key or combination

    1. Install GNU Screen: sudo apt-get install screen
    2. Open screen: screen (or screen myprog my args here)
    3. Run your program, producing the output you want copied
    4. Enter copy mode: Ctrl+A [
    5. Move the cursor to a starting point and hit Enter to start selecting
    6. Move the cursor to the ending point and hit Enter to finish selection
    7. Paste with Ctrl+A ]

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