Keys for copy & paste in FreeBSD console

Question

How do I copy paste text inside the FreeBSD console? I tried

1. ctrl + c, ctrl + v
2. super + c, super + v

I have FreeBSD 10.1 installed in VirualBox on a Mac.

I am selecting text with the mouse in FreeBSD console and pressing ctrl + c, ctrl + v expecting that selected text will be inserted in the console but nothing occurs.

Solution

[Putting some of the stuff from comments here as an answers so that this question may perhaps be marked answered.]

First, select text via the mouse, then press either the middle button or Shift-Insert to paste.

Note that you will need the VirtualBox or VMWare guest additions to copy/paste between the host and the guest. And you'll need to enable clipboard sharing for that particular VM guest. I believe they will only work in X11, not on the console.

Comments

[jasonwryan]

The console (TTY) or a terminal emulator (like xterm)?

[Maxim Yefremov]

@jasonwryan I don't know exactly, but I think in TTY. I uploaded a screenshot

[jasonwryan]

That is a TTY/console. If you have mouse selection, you should be able to Shift-Insert to paste...

[Maxim Yefremov]

@jasonwryan thank you, it works, and in case I already have something in the clipboard how to paste it?

[Arkadiusz Drabczyk]

@efr: If you mean a clipboard on your host machine you need to enable clipboard sharing in Virtualbox

[Maxim Yefremov]

@jasonwryan it is already enabled: in General settings of Virtual Box - advanced - Shared Clipboard - Bidirectional. So combination ctrl+v must work, but it fails.