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If I'm working in a terminal window in Linux, is there a keyboard shortcut I can use to select output displayed on previous lines? If I select something with the mouse I can copy using Ctrl + Shift + C, but is there a way to select without using the mouse at all. I'm using either Gnome terminal or KDE konsole in Ubuntu desktop.
For example I often need to copy results from a mysql query and then google them.
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shift + ← or shift + → to highlight text. shift + ctrl + ← or shift + ctrl + → to highlight an entire word.
Method 1: Using keyboard shortcuts for copy pasting in the terminal. On Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions, you can use Ctrl+Insert or Ctrl+shift+C for copying text and Shift+Insert or Ctrl+shift+V for pasting text in the terminal. The copy pasting also works for the external sources.
Use Alt + F2 to access the keyboard Preferences. Or use Alt+F1 to access the main menu then navigate to system.
You can use the screen application and enter copy mode with Ctrl+a, Esc. Start selecting text with Space and end selecting text with Space. Insert text with Ctrl+a, ]
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Daniel Micay's Termite sports a "selection mode". Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Space will activate it. It's got vim-like key bindings. v or V will select à la vim's visual mode, y will yank, Esc will exit selection mode.
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