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How can I copy on select in the OS X Terminal like PuTTY does?
Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 2026140737 viewsConfidence Score1%
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That PuTTY option to select and then right-click to paste is the best invention after the mouse. Is there any way to make Terminal in OS X do this? Hack the source code? Install something? Is the source code for the OS X Terminal publicly available?
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Fix for: How can I copy on select in the OS X Terminal like PuTTY does?
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In Terminal, select something and then within the same Terminal window do one of the following: click and drag the selection (a bit; the mouse pointer will change), and release to paste (hit Esc while dragging to cancel) or: paste using Shift-Command-V or: paste using the middle mouse button
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