When you select some text in Linux it is already copied.
Middle click the mouse somewhere and the selected text is pasted.
(Left and Right mouse buttons together simulate a middle click if you don't have a middle mouse button)
You can also use CTRL+c for copy and CTRL+v for paste.
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The Linux terminal already has key commands such as CTRL+c kill a process and CTRL+z background a process. So to copy and paste in the terminal use the middle click method or add SHIFT to the key commands
eg CTRL+SHIFT+c for copy and CTRL+SHIFT+v for paste.
Middle click the mouse somewhere and the selected text is pasted.
(Left and Right mouse buttons together simulate a middle click if you don't have a middle mouse button)
You can also use CTRL+c for copy and CTRL+v for paste.
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The Linux terminal already has key commands such as CTRL+c kill a process and CTRL+z background a process. So to copy and paste in the terminal use the middle click method or add SHIFT to the key commands
eg CTRL+SHIFT+c for copy and CTRL+SHIFT+v for paste.
2 March 2010 at 15:46
The actual key combination to paste into the terminal depends on the particular terminal. For urxvt, for example, it's SHIFT+INSERT.