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Copy/paste table cell content for execution on a terminal
We need to copy/paste material out of a document and pop
it into a terminal and run it. We can successfully do this with content taken from a simple WORD doc but when we copy/paste several lines of text from within a table cell it doesn't work. We have to grab one line at a time (vs. a block of information) then have to add a carriage return/Enter from the terminal to execute it. Anyone have any idea why? And, more importantly, is there some workaround for this (i.e. embed carriage returns in the content contained in the table cell - format it differently within the table cell?). FYI ... the lines are already terminated in the table cell (using a carriage return)and are not at the end of the cell but in the middle. Thanks for your help! |
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G'Day JoAnn,
Forgive me for being pedantic, but there is scope for some misunderstanding in your exposition. For a 'copied string' to operate a terminal window immediately, when pasted, it must be terminated with a Carriage Return (CR). That it works with a "simple WORD doc" would indicate that the 'copied string' is in fact a full (one-line) PARAGRAPH complete with its paragraph mark (¶ = CR). EXACTLY the same principal will apply within a Table. Please note that the end of text marker in a cell is NOT a CR - you must insert paragraph markers to ensure that each command is a paragraph. You may have more than one command (paragraph) per cell. If the paragraph wraps within the cell, that will make no difference. In the 'simple doc', you can force the text to wrap by (unnecessarily) bringing in the right margin, and it will still work. -- Regards, Pat Garard Australia ______________________________________ "JoAnn" wrote in message ... We need to copy/paste material out of a document and pop it into a terminal and run it. We can successfully do this with content taken from a simple WORD doc but when we copy/paste several lines of text from within a table cell it doesn't work. We have to grab one line at a time (vs. a block of information) then have to add a carriage return/Enter from the terminal to execute it. Anyone have any idea why? And, more importantly, is there some workaround for this (i.e. embed carriage returns in the content contained in the table cell - format it differently within the table cell?). FYI ... the lines are already terminated in the table cell (using a carriage return)and are not at the end of the cell but in the middle. Thanks for your help! |
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Hi, Pat-
Yes ... what you say is needed is what they are telling me=20 already exists -- the group of lines are already=20 terminated with the cr (=B6)within the table cell when=20 copied but the individual command lines are not being=20 executed on the terminal. So ... I wanted to be sure there wouldn't be any reason=20 associated with a table that could cause this problem=20 (they say it happens all the time). But now that I know for sure that it should work as long=20 as each line is terminated with a CR, I will go back to=20 them for a test copy and see if there is some other reason=20 Thanks for your help! JoAnn -----Original Message----- G'Day JoAnn, Forgive me for being pedantic, but there is scope for some misunderstanding in your exposition. For a 'copied string' to operate a terminal window=20 immediately, when pasted, it must be terminated with a Carriage Return=20 (CR). That it works with a "simple WORD doc" would indicate that the 'copied string' is in fact a full (one-line)=20 PARAGRAPH complete with its paragraph mark (=B6 =3D CR). EXACTLY the same principal will apply within a Table.=20 Please note that the end of text marker in a cell is NOT a CR -=20 you must insert paragraph markers to ensure that each command is a paragraph. You may have more than one command (paragraph) per cell. If the paragraph wraps within the cell, that will make no=20 difference. In the 'simple doc', you can force the text to wrap by=20 (unnecessarily) bringing in the right margin, and it will still work. --=20 Regards, Pat Garard Australia ______________________________________ "JoAnn" wrote in=20 message=20 ... We need to copy/paste material out of a document and pop it into a terminal and run it. We can successfully do this with content taken from a simple WORD doc but when we copy/paste several lines of text from within a table cell it doesn't work. We have=20 to grab one line at a time (vs. a block of information)=20 then have to add a carriage return/Enter from the terminal to execute it. Anyone have any idea why? And, more importantly, is=20 there some workaround for this (i.e. embed carriage returns in the content contained in the table cell - format it differently within the table cell?). FYI ... the lines are already terminated in the table=20 cell (using a carriage return)and are not at the end of the cell but in the middle. Thanks for your help!=20 . |
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Just adding an update to my earlier reply to Pat with new
information obtained from the end user ... Verified that the table lines being copied/pasted are terminated correctly (with a carriage return)and they are including the last paragraph marker in the group when they copy it. The copied text comes from the middle of the table cell (not the end) so it shouldn't be grabbing some kind of 'end of cell' marker. If they paste it directly from the table cell into the terminal -- it loses the crs/lfs and becomes all one paragraph that cannot be executed. If they paste it from the table into a blank Word document, then copy/paste the exact same content without any changes made to it(this time from the Word document) into the terminal, it executes fine. Any idea how to work around this? They need to have this capability and would like keep using tables. I'm researching all other possibilities -- i.e. corrupted table cell but if anyone has any suggestions, I would really appreciate it! Thanks! JoAnn -----Original Message----- We need to copy/paste material out of a document and pop it into a terminal and run it. We can successfully do this with content taken from a simple WORD doc but when we copy/paste several lines of text from within a table cell it doesn't work. We have to grab one line at a time (vs. a block of information) then have to add a carriage return/Enter from the terminal to execute it. Anyone have any idea why? And, more importantly, is there some workaround for this (i.e. embed carriage returns in the content contained in the table cell - format it differently within the table cell?). FYI ... the lines are already terminated in the table cell (using a carriage return)and are not at the end of the cell but in the middle. Thanks for your help! . |
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Hi JoAnne,
In some way or another, you are being misinformed. It would be useful to WATCH THIS HAPPEN. When you talk about a 'group' of lines, they must EACH form a paragraph (in or out of a Table): sort AnyFile AnyFile.sort ¶ mv AnyFile.sort AnyFile ¶ lp -d laser2 AnyFile ¶ When pasted into the terminal window, they will operate in the manner of a batch file (I have done this in the past). I can see no reason why the stated procedure would not work from a Table. -- Regards, Pat Garard Australia ______________________________________ |
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I agree ... this makes absolutely no sense ... something=20
has got to be wrong somewhere else. =20 Found out the user with the problem is running a lower=20 patch level of WORD -- hoping an update solves the problem. I've asked another user to test it (with latest Word=20 version/patch installed).=20 Thanks for all your help! Will let you know if that=20 solves the problem. -----Original Message----- Hi JoAnne, In some way or another, you are being misinformed. It would be useful to WATCH THIS HAPPEN. When you talk about a 'group' of lines, they must EACH form a paragraph (in or out of a Table): sort AnyFile AnyFile.sort =B6 mv AnyFile.sort AnyFile =B6 lp -d laser2 AnyFile =B6 When pasted into the terminal window, they will operate in the manner of a batch file (I have done this in the past). I can see no reason why the stated procedure would not work from a Table. --=20 Regards, Pat Garard Australia ______________________________________ . |
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Thanks JoAnne,
I'd appreciate knowing! Keep at it!! -- Regards, Pat Garard Australia ______________________________________ |
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