You can click at anywhere you want to select text in Command Prompt. But if you want to just use keyboard, here are the shortcuts that will keep you covered.
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Move the selection point to the beginning of the current line |
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Move the selection point to the end of the current line |
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Move the selection point to the beginning of the previous work on the current line |
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Move the selection point to the beginning of the next work on the current line |
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Scroll the page up without moving insertion point |
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Scroll the page down without moving insertion point |
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Enter or exit mark mode. In mark mode you can use arrow keys to navigate around in the window |
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Windows Command Prompt provides various shortcuts for selecting text. You can select just a character, word, line or even whole screen at once.
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Select all text in the current line. Press again to select all text in the buffer |
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Extend current selection by one character to the left |
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Extend current selection by one character to the right |
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Extend current selection by one word to the left |
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Extend current selection by one word to the right |
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Extend current selection by one line up. The selection extends to the same position in the previous line as the position of the insertion point in the current line. |
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Extend current selection by one line down. The selection extends to the same position in the next line as the position of the insertion point in the current line |
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Extend current selection to the beggining of command. Pressing again will include the path in the selection |
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Extend current selection to the end of the current line |
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Extend current selection to the beggining of the screen buffer |
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Extend current selection to the end of the screen buffer |
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Extend current selection by one page up |
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After selecting text, you need to know how to manipulate it. Following commands will help you quickly copy, paste and delete your selections.
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Copy currently selected text |
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Paste text from clipboard |
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Delete character left to the insertion point |
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Delete the word left to the insertion point |
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Autocomplete folder and file names |
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Delete current line |
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Toggle insertion mode. In this mode, everything you type will be instered at current location. When this mode is off, everything you type will overwrite what's already there |
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Delete text from the insertion point to the beginning of the current line |
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Delete text from the insertion point to the end of the current line |
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Mark the end of a line. Text you type after that point on that line will be ignored |
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Repeat previous command |
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Scroll backwards through previous commands you've typed |
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Scroll forward through previous commands you've typed |
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Retype previous command characted by character |
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Show history of previous commands |
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You can use up and down keys to select any command and then hit Enter to execute command.
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Clear the command history |
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Move backward in the command history to commands matching the current command. This is useful if you need to type part of a command you’ve used a few times and then scroll back in your history to find the exact command you want to repeat |
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Copy currently selected text |
What is your favorite Command Line hotkey? Do you have any useful tips for it? Let other users know below.
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