Re[2]: pasting text into bash without use of mouse
Hello csj,
Wednesday, April 04, 2001, 6:47:53 PM, you wrote:
c> On Wednesday 04 April 2001 09:41, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>> csj (csj@mindgate.net) wrote:
>> > Is there a way to copy or paste text into bash without the use of
>> > a mouse? I'm thinking of a text file "file.txt" which contains
>> > command sequences which I would like to touch up before running.
>> >
>> > I don't want to use an editor for this. Just the line editing
>> > functions of bash. Offhand the only (untested) solution I can
>> > think of is something like "cat file.txt >> .bash_history",
>> > subsequently invoking another bash session. Is this stupid
>> > (dangerous)? Does someone have a better solution?
>>
>> Just posted here this week. If you have wmaker installed, wxpaste
>> and wxcopy do what you'd expect them to.
c> It looks interesting. But I forgot to add: --without-X. For those
c> dire moments when X crashes.
c> On Wednesday 04 April 2001 09:49, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>> ...another option. If you're just trying to execute a set of
>> commands through bash:
>>
>> $ . <file> # "source" commands in file, current shell
>> $ bash -f <file> # run commands in file (subshell)
>> $ bash < <file> # run commands in file (subshell)
c> My version is something like "cat file.txt | bash". Is this a bad
c> idea.
>> If you want to compose multi-line commands to run in bash without
>> creating an explicit file:
>>
>> $ set -o vi # set 'vi' mode
>> $ <esc>-v # invoke 'vi' editor
>> # edit file, 'ZZ' or ':wq' when done. Commands execute.
c> Hmm, does this really mean I have to really vi? Actually I was
c> thinking of something like "cat file.txt > /dev/ttyX" which however
c> pastes the thing not just on the screen but on the command line
c> itself. Is there such a linuxian function?
you can use shift+insert to paste into bash
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Best regards,
Chris mailto:chris@coolass.net
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