Demonstrating copy and paste with date

Here is a simple command,

date

The computer’s output from the command date is to print out the date.

In Sugar, if we want to copy and paste the above command into the terminal, we can take the following steps. The following slides demonstrate the process. We opened Terminal Activity earlier (Click on the Terminal Activity icon), it is running in the background.

Use the mouse to select the command.

Copy, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + C (Keyboard shortcuts).

Press F6, Frame key to bring in the Frame (The Frame).

Click on the Terminal Activity icon in the Frame.

Terminal opens.

Open the Edit tab.

Click the Paste button, the command date appears at the prompt.

Press Enter to run the command, and display the output.

Press F6, Frame key to bring in the Frame again.

Press SoaS Loader icon to return to this tutorial.