Disable or enable automatic copy selection for copying in Terminal

This article will show you how to enable or disable automatic copying of selections to the clipboard in Windows Terminal. Windows Terminal is a multi-tab terminal emulator developed by Microsoft specifically for Windows 11/10, replacing the traditional command prompt. It supports running applications such as Command Prompt, PowerShell, WSL, Azure, etc.

Usually when working in the terminal, users need to copy commands and output. However, the terminal does not support copy selection operations by default. Keep reading this article to learn how to fix this issue.

How to enable or disable automatic copying of selected content to cache in Terminal?

Here's how you enable or disable automatic copying of selections to the terminal clipboard:

Open the Terminal application and click the arrow above.

Here, click Settings; this will open the Settings tab.

Navigate to the Interaction tab and turn on/off the toggle next to Automatically copy selections to clipboard.

Look! You now know how to enable or disable the automatic copy selection to clipboard feature in Terminal.

Can I use shortcuts to copy and paste commands in and out of Terminal?

Yes, there are other shortcuts specifically for copy-pasting in the terminal. They are:

• Copy=CTRL CTRL C
• Paste = CTRL CTRL V

How to copy a file to the clipboard at the command prompt?

Ctrl C shortcut key does not help copy any statement in the command prompt. However, there is a workaround that helps users do this. This can be done using the Clip function. The following is the syntax:

目录/b/p C：USERS您的用户名Documentsmyfile.txt|剪辑

Let us understand this command:

• /b: Only the file name is displayed.
• /p: Pause after directory listing, allowing copying until the next entry appears.
• File path: It specifies the destination location and file name of the copied text. It also helps the directory find files in the Documents folder in the user's profile.
• Clip: This separate command line tool is built into Windows and its only purpose is to copy text data to the clipboard.

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