How do I copy paste text inside the FreeBSD console? I tried
- ctrl + c, ctrl + v
- super + c, super + v
I have FreeBSD 10.1
installed in VirualBox on a Mac.
I am selecting text with the mouse in FreeBSD console and pressing ctrl + c, ctrl + v expecting that selected text will be inserted in the console but nothing occurs.
Best Answer
[Putting some of the stuff from comments here as an answers so that this question may perhaps be marked answered.]
First, select text via the mouse, then press either the middle button or
Shift-Insert
to paste.Note that you will need the VirtualBox or VMWare guest additions to copy/paste between the host and the guest. And you'll need to enable clipboard sharing for that particular VM guest. I believe they will only work in X11, not on the console.