WT: Paste multiple lines to Windows Terminal without executing

Question

In the original PowerShell console it was possible to paste and edit multiline commands before executing it

For example this multiline script:

Write-Host "===== 1 ====="
Write-Host "===== 2 ====="
Write-Host "===== 3 ====="
Write-Host "===== 4 ====="

results in the following output

Unfortunately, in the Windows Terminal pasting of the same script results in a very different output

Any ideas how to "fix" the multiline pasting in the Windows Terminal?

@dashesy, your GitHub issue is about the warning. My question was about what happens after the warning and how the lines are process. — honzajscz, Oct 23 '22 at 10:08

honzajscz · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-10T06:49:59.300

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The solution for me was to just comment out a line in the terminal setting.json with { "command": "paste", "keys": "ctrl+v" }

And then it works - here the expected output

Edit:

After uncommenting the Ctrl+V chord in the settings.json, the paste functionality is ensured by the PSReadLine module (see Get-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Chord ctrl+v) but Ctrl+V will stop to work in other shells - use Shift+Ctr+V instead

edited May 10 '21 at 06:49

answered May 07 '21 at 09:49

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great solution - sort of feels counter intuitive that commenting out the ctl+v line in settings means that ctl+v now works ... but it does work so I'm happy! What do you mean when you refer to "the Ctrl+V chord in the settings.json"? – whytheq May 06 '23 at 16:49
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It means the text in the red box – honzajscz May 15 '23 at 12:25

js2010 · Answer 2 · 2022-09-05T16:52:40.080

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Also pasting with right click will run each line right away. Also control-v makes it easier to paste unicode characters (at least in cmd/powershell console). Note that control-v gets remapped with psreadline's emacs edit mode option.

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answered Sep 05 '22 at 14:04

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score -4 · Answer 3 · answered May 07 '21 at 01:32

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I know it is not ideal you can convert linebreaks to semicolons

Write-Host "===== 1 =====";Write-Host "===== 2 =====";Write-Host "===== 3 =====";Write-Host "===== 4 ====="

Online converter here.

answered May 07 '21 at 01:32

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score -7 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 21 '21 at 14:07

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Just tick the check box for highlighted setting

answered Oct 21 '21 at 14:07

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The question is about the "Windows Terminal" application, not about the console executable. – mmseng Oct 21 '21 at 18:19

WT: Paste multiple lines to Windows Terminal without executing

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