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How To Select, Copy & Paste Text In Command Prompt

Submitted by Deepesh Agarwal on Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:18
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If you are a fairly advanced computer user you must be using DOS command prompt now and then to get things done, in this post you will see how to get copy and paste functionality in the DOS box.

  1. Launch Command prompt by pressing  WINDOWS + R key.
  2. Type in cmd and press ENTER
  3. Right Click anywhere in window (see image below)
  4. Select Mark or Edit > Mark (If used the title bar control menu)
  5. Highlight desired text.
  6. Press ENTER to copy text to clipboard.


Copy Text From DOS Window

Text Selection From DOS

Same method can be used to paste text into the DOS window, just select the Paste option from the right-click menu.

Comments

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 10:59

This tip is very good, I always wanted to achieve this in my DOS window :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 21:09

I was always looking for this feature, thanks!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 08:08

Great simple feature, but hard to find if you are not familiar with it.
Thanks

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/25/2008 - 22:47

I want to know how you can paste text in command prompt via key board so that you should not use mouse for this..

Thanks in advanced...

Regards
Dev

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 03:01

hey dude...
its simple.another way to paste into it--try this with or without quickedit:
- get some text copied in the clipboard
- alt-space, e, p
- it's pasted!

Submitted by Greg (not verified) on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 13:09

Nice. I've been looking for this for ages. Thanks man!!

Submitted by Anonymous1 (not verified) on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 08:59

God Bless You

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 12:51

Thanks this is a great tip!!!!!!!!!!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:46

KOOOOLLL

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 07:31

really, really good ! :))

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 05:46

Is there any way so that we can do all these things without using mouse

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 05:29

yep

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 14:55

dak seru..
semua juga tau...

without using mouse and alt...

do u know???

Submitted by Maria Date (not verified) on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 08:22

It would be nice if I can make a copy to clipboard right after selection, because otherwise I have to do 2 operations instead of one.
For example, putty.exe is using this simplified way - the text is copied right after you select it.

Submitted by Ramv (not verified) on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 09:43

anybody can help me, how to copy the error text by using bat file for java platform

Submitted by Shahar (not verified) on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 08:41

thanks !

Submitted by ramaraobobby (not verified) on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 08:57

Landed here fortunately searching for "how to select command prompt" and really have to appreciate you for taking your time and sharing this simple but very useful tip in DOS. This is a great help to me. Thanks ☺

Submitted by Nithyanandan.S (not verified) on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 07:45

While am running a command in cmd, text(or)error running 2 min in the screen. But if am using copy, i can copy only last page.

Plz give the solution.

Let me know if any clarifications.

Submitted by BardamuDZ (not verified) on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 09:32

Merciiiiiiiiiiii ! Simple mais impossible à deviner. A savoir combien de vies vous avez sauvées depuis que cette astuce est en ligne.

Submitted by Quick Edit Enable (not verified) on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 14:20

Open CMD promt
Goto properties and enable Quick Edit
(You may have to close and reopen the CMD for this to work)
Now highlight what you want to copy and press enter
Then right-click your mouse and the copied section will paste inside the CMD prompt

Submitted by Quick Edit Enable (not verified) on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 14:24

Open CMD prompt and go to properties
Enable Quick Edit
(You may have to close and re-open the CMD prompt to work)
Now highlight what you want to copy and press enter
Now right click the mouse and what you copied will paste inside the CMD prompt

Submitted by Kat (not verified) on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 14:39

Perfect. Thanks.

Submitted by Sunny ! (not verified) on Sat, 01/05/2013 - 21:44

Thanks for taking out time for this .

Submitted by Supun Lakshan (not verified) on Mon, 09/02/2013 - 17:46

Perfect. Thank you very much!!!

Submitted by rBrijesh (not verified) on Tue, 07/03/2018 - 22:25

Very helpful thanku
Deepesh agarwal(this article owner),
Anonymous(6-9-2009 3:01 AM), &
Quick Edit Enable (on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 14:24)

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