I’m using nano in iTerm2, I can mark the text using ctrl+^ but I'm not able to copy and paste the text. I know that ctrl+k can be used cut the entire line. What is the keyboard shortcut for copying only marked text in nano?

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1. Set the mark to start highlighting the text :Ctrl+6 or Ctrl+Shift+6
2. Copy the highlighted text: Option+6 or Option+Shift+6
3. Paste the text: Ctrl+u

Note: Your meta key should mapped to the Option / Alt key (by default it would be mapped to the Esc key in case of iTerm.

On iTerm, you can do this by going to Preferences -> Profiles -> Keys and set Left option key and Right option key to Esc+

I use Option+6 shortcut to copy selected

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I know no keystroke for it but you could cut it with CTRL-K and then paste it with CTRL-U at the same position. Afterwards you can go to the desired position and paste it again with CTRL-U. Or if you just want to copy it to another program, you can mark text an use cmd+shift+C to get it into the clipboard. To mark text you can use ctrl+^ and then you can use your arrow-keys to mark text.

I've wrote an article about this for Linux / MacOSX on my blog:

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