

This is possible in Windows using MinTTY/PuTTY.
Putty paste in terminal code#
In example: when copying from a formatted table, you can choose to paste the text in the table or to paste the code for generating the table into a web. Im sure that it is somehow possible to select text from terminal using the mouse, copy the selection and paste it somewhere preserving the colors. To paste, position your cursor where you would like the text to be pasted, then press the Ctrl+Shift+V shortcut. To copy, highlight the text you would like to copy, then press the Ctrl+Shift+C shortcut. In certain cases, as code (html, php, javascript) editors, you can choose between pasting the portion of text copied from a website or the code that generates the text in the website. To copy and paste into terminal SSH, you’ll need to use the Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V keyboard shortcuts. The next image illustrates how the CTRL-V and SHIFT+CTRL+V keys drops the clipboard's content into a document, AFTER CHOOSING THE FORMAT in the right side documen: The next image illustrates how the CTRL-V and SHIFT+CTRL+V keys drops the clipboard's content into a document: If these sequences are not associated with common terminal. In example: if you use OpenOffice Word Processor or Spreadsheet, when SHIFT+CTRL+V you will be prompted to choose what format will you use for the clipboard to be dropped into the document. There is a second set of standard keyboard shortcuts for Copy (CTRL+Insert) and Paste (Shift+Insert). Holding down the left mouse button, drag your cursor across the text to select it, then release the button to copy.
Putty paste in terminal software#
This way, if you press CTRL+C in a terminal in order to "Copy" a portion of text and an application or process is running, you will "cancel" the process or "close" the running application.ĭepending on the GUI that you use, or the software application itself, SHIFT+CTRL is useful for formatting or performing the "special-paste" task, which allow you to choose the format on which the copied text will be dropped into the application. Left-click inside the PuTTY terminal window near the text you want to copy.

In example: when you wish to "cancel" the current command, you pŕess CTRL+C, which is used in the majority of the systems to perform the "Copy" task. So, taking in consideration what Javier Rivera says, the reason of why it is needed to use SHIFT+CTRL in a terminal, is because of some of these combinations are used in terminal command's control.

This question seems to be related to the behaviour of keys combinations, but you don't give an application in which you perform these keys combo.
