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Select text from Terminal.app using the keyboard in OS X

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Mar 15, 20265664 views
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I like to copy things from the terminal, but I don't like to have to move to the mouse. How do you select text in Terminal.app using the keyboard? For example, while in Terminal one might like to be able to move to a point on a line and then highlight a portion of text with left and right arrow key…

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Fix for: Select text from Terminal.app using the keyboard in OS X

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If you want to copy the output from a command, you can use . To get specific output, use . For example, to copy the entire output of : To only copy the output of open ports (listening): Terminal.app itself does not have a way to use the keyboard to …

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