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Linux: Copy/paste in TTY

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Mar 15, 202633078 views
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Problem

I am looking for a way to copy and paste within a TTY. I only have a touchpad, and using it with is a pain. The only possibility I can think of is to use "screen" but even after having remapped Ctrl-A to "`", it is still inconvenient and slow. Are there any more-comfortable approaches?

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Fix for: Linux: Copy/paste in TTY

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If you don't like screen or gpm, your alternatives are quite limited. The other options I can think of are: Run terminals under X, maybe using a tiling window manager for a minimalist, console-like look. Run a *BSD instead of Linux, which will let y…

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