ctrl-c

Keyboard copy command

Ctrl-C is the keyboard shortcut for copying selected content to the clipboard on Windows and Linux systems.

The command duplicates text, images, or files so they can be pasted elsewhere with Ctrl-V.

In command-line interfaces, Ctrl-C instead sends an interrupt signal that terminates a running process: The script was stuck, so I hit Ctrl-C.

Mac uses Command-C for copying.

interrupt

abort

End before completion

break · cancel · signal · SIGINT · kill · escape · quit · suspend · process · shell

shortcut

copy

Identical reproduction made

keybind · undo · redo · cut · ctrl-v · ctrl-z · keyboard · modifier · accelerator · keystroke

Opposites
clipboard operation direction

ctrl-cctrl-v

Keyboard shortcut for pasting

paste · insert

data action type

ctrl-ccut

Severance or reduction

delete · ctrl-z · backspace · erase · undo

terminal signal meaning

ctrl-cctrl-z

Keyboard revert command

run · execute · start · resume · continue

Family

control, controls, controlled, controlling, controller, controllable, uncontrollable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G