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I think that I have the proper settings that should allow me to use Command V to paste into my Parallels Ubuntu command line:

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and

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But when I try to paste into the command line using Command V nothing happens. If type that twice in a row ^V appears in the command line, but not the text in my clipboard. How can I get Command V working to paste?

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  • The caret "^" and the letter is a symbol that you get when when you press Ctrl, not Command and letter combination. Do you have it remapped or are you using an Apple keyboard?
    – Allan
    Commented Nov 7, 2016 at 18:06
  • I'm using an Apple Keyboard
    – Abe Miessler
    Commented Nov 7, 2016 at 18:22
  • have you tried to paste using ctrl + v?
    – Dion
    Commented Nov 7, 2016 at 18:29
  • Yes. I'd rather not have to use ctrl, but it didn't work either way.
    – Abe Miessler
    Commented Nov 7, 2016 at 18:37
  • Did you install the Parallels Tools properly?
    – klanomath
    Commented Nov 7, 2016 at 22:11

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Annoying problem, but copy/paste is different in Linux terminal:

Cut - Ctrl + Shift + X.

Copy - Ctrl + Shift + C.

Paste - Ctrl + Shift + V.

Hope this helps.

see: https://howtoubuntu.org/how-to-cut-copy-and-paste-in-the-terminal-in-ubuntu

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    Might be not worth argueing about something which isn't very clear based on the question. The OP may or may not know Ubuntu key bindings, and we currently can only guess why they can't paste.
    – nohillside ♦
    Commented Apr 29, 2020 at 17:07

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