Re: How to extract crypted password from buffer ?

[J. Bakshi]

J. Bakshi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for your response. I have tried it before but it then displayed
>
> [ Paste from register: ]
>
> and touching to any key simply shows
>
> [ Empty register. ]
>
> :-(
>
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think what you're looking is (note the dot character):
>> ctrl+a :paste .
>>
>> Or shorter:
>> ctrl+a ]
>> ctrl+a ^]
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Gerald Young
>>
>> On Wednesday 06 January 2010 11:52:57 pm J. Bakshi wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Here is a beginners issue which I can't resolve after reading the man
>>> page and googling.  There are some sites and CLI tool (crypt) to
>>> generate crypted password.  But screen has inbuilt power to generate
>>> crypted password by
>>>
>>> ctrl+a :password  command
>>>
>>> I have also generated the password and it reports
>>>
>>> [ Password moved into copybuffer ]
>>>
>>> And here I am screwed-up.  How to extract the crypted password from the
>>> buffer to use in .screenrc ?
>>> Please suggest.
>>> Thanks
>>>    

Any hints ?


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