How to Copy Text from a Web Browser to a Unix File
Here is how to copy text from a Web page and paste it into a Unix file:
- Have a Unix window open on your computer.
- Have a Web browser open to the page showing the text you want to copy.
- In the Unix window, start up the vi editor with the file name that you want to store the text in (let's say the file name is box.dat); enter this at the Unix prompt:
- You will see a bunch of ~ in the left side of your Unix window. This is normal. Now press the i (lower case i) just once. This puts you in insert mode.
- Now to go the Web browser that shows the text you want. Use the mouse and cursor to highlight the text you want to copy.
- Once you have the text highlighted in the Web browser, select the Web browser title bar command Edit, and then Copy.
- Now go to the Unix window by clicking your mouse cursor on the title bar of the Unix window.
- Now select the Unix window title bar Edit, then Paste.
- You should see the text you copied appear in the vi editor.
- Save the contents of the vi editor by hitting the Escape key once, then hold down the shift key while at the same time pressing the Z key twice.
- Now you should be back at the Unix prompt.
- Use the Unix command