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How do I select all text from a file with nano?

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Mar 15, 2026866305 views
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I open a file in Ubuntu nano editor from the comand line and I want to copy all the contents of the file so I can paste it in an another application outside the shell. So far I can only copy using shift on the screen that is visible but not on all content.

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There is a possible way: Cursor at the beginning of a file Ctrl6 to set a mark AltShiftT (or try AltT) to cut to the end of the file If AltT doesn't work, try CtrlK to just copy the file content do CtrlU to uncut the text again

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