Quick Tip: How to Copy and Paste in PuTTY

PuTTY is a client program for the SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network protocols.

I personally use PuTTY to SSH into my servers since Windows lacks a built-in terminal to access *nix servers.

PuTTY is a client program for the SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network protocols.

For those who thinks copy and paste is disabled in PuTTY, this article will show us how to achieve it.

To copy from Windows clipboard to PuTTY – Copy the text and paste it in PuTTY with Shift + Insert

To copy and paste a previous command for reuse – highlight the command with the mouse, Ctrl + Insert to copy it and Shift + Insert to paste.

Update

Just blocking (highlighting) text in PuTTY copies it and a right-click with your mouse will paste to PuTTY

Hope someone find this useful someday.

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