Marking & copying text from the cmd (DOS) window

When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?

cameo has written on 11/30/2013 8:03 PM:
When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?


Right-click in the title bar. Edit Copy

On 11/30/2013 5:03 PM, cameo wrote:
When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?


Right-click in the title bar, away from the left or right end. In the
pull-down menu, select [Edit Copy]. This will copy whatever is
highlighted (marked).

You can also select [Edit Paste] to paste whatever is on the clipboard
to the command window prompt.

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On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:03:46 -0800, cameo wrote:
When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?

Right-click on the selection (the highlight).

On 11/30/2013 7:03 PM, cameo wrote:
When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?

Once the text in the cmd window is highlighted, just press Enter. That
automatically copies the highlighted text to the clipboard.

Then you can switch to Notepad or whatever and Ctrl-V should paste it.

On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:03:46 -0800, cameo wrote:

When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?

After the text is marked, press the Enter key to put it on the
clipboard. Then you can Ctrl-V it into Windows programs as usual.

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On 11/30/2013 5:12 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
On 11/30/2013 5:03 PM, cameo wrote:
When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?


Right-click in the title bar, away from the left or right end. In the
pull-down menu, select [Edit Copy]. This will copy whatever is
highlighted (marked).

You can also select [Edit Paste] to paste whatever is on the clipboard
to the command window prompt.

Thanks guys, it works.

On 11/30/2013 6:22 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:03:46 -0800, cameo wrote:

When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?

After the text is marked, press the Enter key to put it on the
clipboard. Then you can Ctrl-V it into Windows programs as usual.

Now this is a method I would never have thought of! Thanks, it works.

On 11/30/2013 5:13 PM, JJ wrote:
On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:03:46 -0800, cameo wrote:
When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?

Right-click on the selection (the highlight).

Thanks, that also put the selection to the clipboard.
I wish I had known about this before, it would have saved me a lot of
extra work.

On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 19:54:11 -0800, cameo wrote:

After the text is marked, press the Enter key to put it on the
clipboard. Then you can Ctrl-V it into Windows programs as usual.

Now this is a method I would never have thought of! Thanks, it works.

When you right click to select the menu option Mark it says just below
it 'Copy Enter'. You can't select it but it's there as a hint :-)

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On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 19:54:11 -0800, cameo
wrote:

On 11/30/2013 6:22 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:03:46 -0800, cameo wrote:

When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?

After the text is marked, press the Enter key to put it on the
clipboard. Then you can Ctrl-V it into Windows programs as usual.

Now this is a method I would never have thought of! Thanks, it works.

Easy eh...

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-gufus
Thou Shalt NOT excessively annoy others or
allow Thyself to become excessively annoyed

cameo wrote:
When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?

Enter

On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:03:46 -0800, cameo wrote:

When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?

Have you pressed Enter or -| after marking it?


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On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:03:46 -0800, cameo wrote:

When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?

I must be the only one who uses this method:

right-click Select All select text right-click on the selection
Ctrl+V

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On 12/1/2013 9:52 AM, s|b wrote:
On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:03:46 -0800, cameo wrote:

When you right click the mouse in the cmd window and choose the Mark
option, you can highlight a box of text in the window. However, I don't
know how to copy the text in the highlighted box to save it in the
notepad, for instance. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V doesn't seem to do it. So what
does?

I must be the only one who uses this method:

right-click Select All select text right-click on the selection
Ctrl+V


In a DOS window???


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http://www.rossde.com/

Where does your elected official stand? Which
politicians refuse to tell us where they stand?
See the non-partisan Project Vote Smart at
http://votesmart.org/.