How do I select all text from a file with nano?
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/196425/h...
Accepted answer links:
[xclip]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xclip/
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ANSWER 1
Score 144
There is a possible way:
Cursor at the beginning of a file
Ctrl6 to set a mark
AltShiftT (or try AltT) to cut to the end of the file
If AltT doesn't work, try CtrlK
- to just copy the file content do CtrlU to uncut the text again
ANSWER 2
Score 84
you can use cat and then copy it from the console:
cat path/to/file.yml
Select the output printed in the console.
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 26
You can't use the buffer of nano to use it elsewhere, you need to use the buffer of X or Gnome.
xclip is the solution.
A command line interface to the X11 clipboard. It can also be used for copying files, as an alternative to sftp/scp, avoiding password prompts when X11 forwarding has already been setup.
ANSWER 4
Score 7
Actually, this answer might be a bit late but I was looking for an answer for the same question and I just figured it out. when you have the file you want to copy to open in nano. you can hit ctl-R and enter the file you want copied from. this will bring in the whole file.
In my case I was just copying my old fstab so it wasn't a big deal. but could get ridiculous with huge files.