less this_is_a_long_name; typing in less thi<TAB>
will suffice. (If you have other files that start with the same
characters, supply enough characters to resolve any ambiguity.)
more or cat
a binary file, your screen may end up full of garbage. To fix things,
blind type reset or this sequence of characters:
echo CTRL-V ESC c RETURN.
xterm window, then click the middle button
(or the two buttons together if you have a two-button mouse) to paste.
gpm, a mouse
driver for the console. Click and drag to select text, then right click
to paste the selected text. It works across different VCs.
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