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Cutting, Copying and Pasting in Ubuntu Terminal

In most applications Cut, Copy and Paste are Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C and Ctrl+V respectively.

In the Terminal, Ctrl+C is the cancel command. Use these in the Terminal instead:

To cut Ctrl + Shift + X.

To copy Ctrl + Shift + C.

To paste Ctrl + Shift + V.