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 ### Clipboard support
 
-On Linux, clipboard support requires 'xclip' or 'xsel' command to be installed. For Ubuntu:
+On Linux, clipboard support requires 'xclip' or 'xsel' command to be installed.
+
+For Ubuntu:
 
 ```sh
-$ sudo apt-get install xclip
+sudo apt-get install xclip
 ```
 
 If you don't have xclip or xsel, micro will use an internal clipboard for copy and paste, but it won't work with external applications.