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Is there any command to select the whole file contents in Emacs?
For example, Control+a selects whole contents of a file in Notepad, Notepad++, etc.
I can select whole contents using the mouse, but it's inconvenient for large files. I found the basic Emacs commands here and here, but could not find what I am looking for.
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Emacs menu > Options > C-x/C-c/C-v Cut and Paste (CUA). That option will let me use Shift + Arrow keys to select, Ctrl + C to copy, and ctrl + V to paste.
An Emacs copy is the command kill-ring-save (usually bound to M-w ). A system copy is what you typically get from pressing C-c (or choosing "Edit->Copy" in a application window). An X copy is "physically" highlighting text with the mouse cursor. An Emacs paste is the command yank (usually bound to C-y ).
You can select blocks of text in Emacs just as you would in most other environments. You could, for example, drag your mouse over a region. You could also hold down the Shift key and use arrow keys. But Emacs also has a number of commands that let you work in larger semantic units.
C-x h will select the entire buffer.
You can search for help within Emacs using the built-in help system.
C-h f will look for help for specific functions. In this case, you could have searched for whole-buffer to find mark-whole-buffer.
Other help commands of interest would be:
Note that C-x h will only highlight all the text. To actually copy the selected text, you must use C-w for cut (kill-region) or M-w for copy (kill-ring-save).
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