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How can I prevent or interrupt accidental copy/paste in the terminal?
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Mar 15, 202610789 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Problem
When I paste into the terminal, sometimes what is in the clipboard is not what I expected. Specifically, it is sometimes pages and pages of text from a website. When this happens, the terminal goes crazy, blinking rapidly and spitting out as fast as it can. I am afraid that someday the text will co…
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To safely paste, you could invoke a text editor in bash using CTRL + X / E. The shell builtin will bring up an editor with the last command. Short of killing the shell/terminal, I am not sure if there is any way to kill something after you have past…
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