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How do I paste into the Windows CMD prompt by using only the keyboard?
The usual way to paste text in a cmd.exe shell is to right-click. How can you paste text using only the keyboard?
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1Possible Dupe: superuser.com/questions/62598/… – Mehper C. Palavuzlar Nov 8 '09 at 21:19
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1@mehper Nice find! – alex Nov 8 '09 at 21:34
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On Windows 10, you can enable Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V in cmd.exe, see stackoverflow.com/a/31506358/395857 – Franck Dernoncourt Jul 19 '15 at 21:59
ALT+Space E P :
ALT+Space for System Menu
E for Edit sub-menu
P for Paste item
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3I'm surprised there isn't a more direct way, without going through the system menu, but I'm sure you are right. – John D. Cook Nov 9 '09 at 1:37
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#IfWinActive, ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass
^v:: ;Paste in console
send !{Space}EP
return
#ifWinActive
in AutoHotKey, allowing you to Control+V to paste :)
With AutoIt you can also fix the ALT-F4 on your command prompt. Combined the script will be:
#Include <HotKey.au3>
#Include <vkConstants.au3>
; Assign "CTRL-V" to PasteDos()
_HotKeyAssign(BitOR($CK_CONTROL, $VK_V), 'PasteDos', -1, "[CLASS:ConsoleWindowClass]")
; Assign "ALT-F4" to ExitDoc()
_HotKeyAssign(BitOR($CK_ALT, $VK_F4), 'ExitDos', -1, "[CLASS:ConsoleWindowClass]")
; Make sure we don't exit
While 1
Sleep(10)
WEnd
Func PasteDos()
Send(ClipGet ( ))
EndFunc
Func ExitDos()
WinClose("[ACTIVE]", "")
EndFunc
To get this running install AutoIt, add the Hotkey include, save the above script with au3 extension and run it.
Enjoy.
You can read more about it here. The short (but unpleasant answer) is:
ALT + SPACE + E + K <-- for copy and
ALT + SPACE + E + P <-- for paste.
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+1 for "short but unpleasant answer." And thanks for the link to the further explanation on StackOverflow. – John D. Cook Nov 8 '09 at 21:41
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No problem. If you stop by SO, upvote the answers there since they're really good :) – alex Nov 8 '09 at 22:03
In addition to these answers, it might be noted that in cmd.exe you have to enable quick-edit mode in order for alt+space, p to work. Quick-edit mode can be enabled by clicking on the top left corner in cmd.exe, then selecting properties, then going to the options tab.
answered Nov 8 '09 at 20:58
