Questions tagged as ['paste']

Using Ubuntu 20.04, when using vim, clicking mouse wheel works same as pushing 'p' in command mode.

I tried

sudo apt-get install -y xbindkeys xsel xdotool &&
echo '"echo -n | xsel -n -i; pkill xbindkeys; xdotool click 2; xbindkeys"' >> ~/.xbindkeysrc &&
echo 'b:2 + Release' >> ~/.xbindkeysrc &&
xbindkeys -p &&
echo -e "[Desktop Entry]\nType=Application\nName ...

Noticed something a bit strange several weeks ago when I tried to Copy & Paste something off the desktop. I download items off the Internet to my desktop then use Copy & Paste into an appropriate file elsewhere. Somehow, I lose the paste function.

After a whole bunch of error, I did find a workaround by sending the file off the desktop to Trash. Once in Trash, I can Copy & Paste into  ...

I'm trying to make a script run on startup, so that I don't have to do it manually every time, with a terminal window being open constantly.

This is the script: anti-midmouse-paste.sh

#!/bin/bash

while(true)
do
    echo -n | xsel -n -i
    sleep 0.5
done

It is a script I found online that clears the selected copied text. It works flawlessly when I run it regularly with: sh anti-midmouse-paste.sh ...

I install Ubuntu latest version by formatting my windows( New volume:C) so that there is no data lose of my other disc. But now I can't delete/create a new folder/paste in this disc. Please tell me any solution of this. I also tried "sudo mkdir New_Folder" in terminal, but it won't work.

i want username and password fetched from etc/passwd and etc/shadow files in a single file using cut and paste commands