Keyboard shortcut to select a line of text

[gricerboy]

is this possible? I know ctrl-A selects eveything but is there a command that just selects the current line?

[stek]

is this possible? I know ctrl-A selects eveything but is there a command that just selects the current line?

'yy' in vi, Unix Roolz, embrace the power of the vi-ster....

[Durbs]

'yy' in vi, Unix Roolz, embrace the power of the vi-ster....

I dont even know what that means!

Try Shift + End (or Shift + Home if you are at the end of a line).

[Sysman]

'yy' in vi, Unix Roolz, embrace the power of the vi-ster....

In an X11 terminal session (aka xterm), press mouse button one (MB1) 3 times.

[FiveTimes]

In an X11 terminal session (aka xterm), press mouse button one (MB1) 3 times.

but that also grabs the PS1 prompt

[Spacecadet]

This won't solve your problem but its still worth having a look at:
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It works quietly in the background adding a bit of extra functionality to the clip board.

[Moscow Mule]

Home, followed by Shift + End.

[PRC1964]

Shift + Down

[Scrag Meister]

Shift + Down

When at the beginning of the line to be selected.

[Sysman]

but that also grabs the PS1 prompt

True. A former colleague put a line feed into his prompt to get around that. Waste of screen real estate in my opinion.

But where it does come in useful is for copying commands out of documentation or a script.