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Thanks, yeah I know these since I use them heavily in editor as well. Now this got me thinking: the main problem with terminal is that it doesn't seem to suppo

Thanks, yeah I know these since I use them heavily in editor as well. Now this got me thinking: the main problem with terminal is that it doesn't seem to support "cut" (and consequently, "paste to replace selection"). So re-arranging a command string is always gonna be a pain regardless the complexity. I can see why it was this way historically, but not exactly sure why no modern terminal emulator gives this feature, even as optional.

paulmd 4y ago
one analogy might be the "cut and accumulate" feature in nano (and probably others) where a line is removed and appended to the clipboard, then you can paste and all those lines will be pasted off the clipboard at once. You could do that at a character level in the shell, if you wanted. No idea if any shells do though.