Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 11:17:28AM +1000, CaT wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:38:11AM +0800, csj wrote:
> > I would extract the first command (1) from "commands.list" by typing
> >
> > grep "www.foo.org"
> >
> > which would of course print to the default stdout, e.g. the terminal.
> > End of story. That's all I get. But if there's some way to "pipe" or
> > "paste" (note the quotes of doubt) the output of grep and friends to
>
> screen is your friend. apt-get install screen and then man screen. First
> para in the DESCRIPTION section will probably make you drool. ;)
Oh. And another way is with gpm. You can make it work sweetly with X
by using it as a relay. That's what I have always done. I have screen,
gpm and X. I'm never far away from cut+paste. :)
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