Julia EvansAug 9, 2024

what some problems you've run into in the terminal with copy and paste? so far I have:

- pasting a URL with a `&` (or other character) in it without quotes
- pasting in many commands and one in the middle fails
- accidentally leaving in the '$'
- pasting in something with Fancy Quotes instead of normal quotes
- pasting a bash incantation into fish
- not knowing the keyboard shortcut to paste in a new terminal
- how Linux has two different clipboards

Show threadJohn SiracusaAug 9, 2024
@b0rk Accidentally pasting a ton of data (which includes newlines) at a shell prompt because you thought something else was in the clipboard, then having to figure out what the heck it did and repair the damage! Worst case, if it was, say, HTML or XML and you are unlucky, it may have truncated some existing files via redirection!
Show threadJulia EvansAug 9, 2024

@siracusa that's such a great example thanks!

what shell are you using? trying to get a sense for which shells recognize that you're pasting (and will avoid running the command until you press enter) and which won't

Show threadJohn Siracusa
@b0rk I’m using tcsh (because it was the default shell on my first Unix account in 1993, and I’ve stuck with it since!)
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Show threadJulia EvansAug 9, 2024
@siracusa thanks!
Show threadTravis 'Nep' SmithAug 10, 2024
@b0rk @siracusa I've been tcsh for decades, but just recently switched to zsh.