It was screwing me that when I was working in Windows Command Line interface (cmd.exe) I couldn’t use the CRTL+V or Shift+Insert combination to paste a text from the clipboard. I always had to use the mouse pointer, right click and the paste option from a contextual menu. That was really annoying :-(
Fortunately I found a solution that makes this paste process much more simple:
It’s a bit tricky, and it may take some time while you get that combination into your fingers, but it works :-) So the “magic” keys combination is: “ALT+Space e p”. That is, first press the ALT and the Space key at the same time. A window menu will be shown:
Then press the “e” key. That will move the selected menu option to the Edit>. And finally press the “p” key to paste a text from the windows clipboard.
It’s just that simple. Made by Microsoft to be user-friendly :-)
I've always wondered how to copy + paste in Command Prompt but never figured out how to do it. Thanks for posting this up Jozef! This will really help me whenever I'm performing my labs! :)
ReplyDeleteI think ctrl-shift-(c/v) works for copy/paste although im not sure ;)
ReplyDelete@patrick: no it does not work.
ReplyDeleteOn that same menu, click properties and tick "Quick Edit Mode" and "Insert Mode". Then you can paste stuff using your right mouse button.
ReplyDeleteGreaat reading your blog
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