Re: [orca-list] How to copy pieces of text from a gnome-terminal window

[Christophe Delaunay <christophe delaunay-ext ariadnext com>]

Hi Jude,


Many thanks for this really fast response.


Please, what do you mean with "clipboard application"? Have you got 
examples of such apps in mind please so that I could grab for them on 
Google or elsewhere?


In other situations, when I need the input associated with the output it 
produces, I also use the "script" app (cf. man script).


However, there are still some situations when I cannot determine which 
exact part of text I need before the command output is complete.


Many thanks. have a nice day. Chris D


On 09/08/2021 at 15:58, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> yes, you use a clipboard application and run it inside the terminal to
> save your text to the clipboard then copy it elsewhere.
> You can if you know in advance you'll be wanting to save part of a
> document run the command to bring it up on screen and add to the end of
> that command | tee savefile.txt where savefile.txt saves what happens when
> you run that command.  If you do | tee -a savefile.txt and savefile.txt
> already exists you'll append to savefile.txt.
>
>
> On Wed, 8 Sep 2021, Christophe Delaunay wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> > If the portion of text I'm interested in is a command I just typed, I can edit
> > the .bash_history.
> >
> >
> > If the text I want is a large piece of output, I can redirect the output and
> > errors of the command before submitting it and then edit the resulting file to
> > select the wanted text and copy it.
> >
> >
> > If the wanted text is part of a whole session, I run the commands I want in a
> > screen session with logging turned on.
> >
> >
> > But is there a way to select text directly from inside the terminal window and
> > copy it please?
> >
> >
> > Many thanks in advance. Have a nice day. Chris D
> >
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