# Composer - unable to paste multiple lines from terminal into chat

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-unable-to-paste-multiple-lines-from-terminal-into-chat/6951>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [August 1, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-unable-to-paste-multiple-lines-from-terminal-into-chat/6951 "2024-08-01T12:12:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![mwjt42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/mwjt42/32/7270_2.png) [@mwjt42](https://forum.cursor.com/u/mwjt42)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-unable-to-paste-multiple-lines-from-terminal-into-chat/6951/1 "2024-08-01T12:12:28Z")

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As title, copying multiple lines from terminal won’t paste into composer chat. Single lines work fine.

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**Author:** ![litecode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/litecode/32/2966_2.png) [@litecode](https://forum.cursor.com/u/litecode)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-unable-to-paste-multiple-lines-from-terminal-into-chat/6951/2 "2024-08-01T12:40:14Z")

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FYI - I have found that if my lines start with a space or single quote or something like that then multi line paste doesn’t work, but if I remove those things then it does.

Related post here:

> [@Paste not working](https://forum.cursor.com/t/paste-not-working/6924):
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> I just upgraded Cursor and paste isn’t working in chat. MacOS 14.4.1, Cursor Version: 0.38.1.