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How to use the new Windows Terminal

The new Windows Terminal is awesome! If you are a frequent command line user I highly recommend you to try it. However, the user documentation could be better. Here's a few tips for beginners: How to start Windows Terminal from command line? Simply type wt to open Windows Terminal. If you want to open it in the current folder, try this: wt -d . How to start a batch script file in Windows terminal? start wt -d . cmd.exe /C my_batch_file.bat or, you could create a shortcut, edit it's properties and set the target to be: wt -d . cmd.exe /C my_batch_file.bat How to search for text in the Windows Terminal window? Press ctrl+shift+f to search. How to copy text from the Windows Terminal to clipboard? Left-click and drag to select some text. Then right-click the terminal window. How to paste text from clipboard to the Windows Terminal? Right-click the terminal window. More reading Here is the full list of default keybindings for Windows Terminal . Some more keyboard shortcuts are ex...