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List:       vbox-users
Subject:    Re: [vbox-users] Copy/Paste from Guest running window
From:       Ashmath Khan <hashmat.email () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-02-18 18:06:51
Message-ID: b17c42311002180954s7696f2a3g74cf5b6a75551773 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Thanks Bob for the reply. The thing is when I boot I directly get into
the shell. I can't redirect this shell using telnet etc. Telnet would
open a new shell which I don't want to use.
And same is with redirecting the output to a text file.


On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Robert Bronsdon <reashlin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:39:11 -0000, Ashmath Khan <hashmat.email@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 1. If I want to enter series of commands on the shell, I need to type
>> it manually. How do I copy/paste into guest OS ?
>
> For copy/paste the guest needs the VBox drivers installed - which require X
> running. As such I don't think you can get copy paste running through
> virtualbox like that.
>
> What you might be better doing is using a program called 'Putty' on your
> Windows host and ssh into the linux virtual machine. This is a defining
> feature of *nix systems and if your sticking with a cli you might as well
> use it.
>
>> 2. When I run a command, it outputs some text, and the window scrolls.
>> I can't get back the scrolled text. Is there a way to save this as
>> text file ? so that later I can open and view.
>
> This is a more generic *nix question. To direct the output into a text file
> use '>'.
>
> So:
>
> ps -e > psoutput.txt
>
> you can then read the file using something like less
>
> less psoutput.txt
>
> what you call the file does not matter.
>
> The other "better" option would be to pipe the output of your command into
> another. So instead of using a file just do:
>
> ps -e | less
>
> Hope that helps a little
>
> Rob
>
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