not execute on the terminal

Question

Suppose That I saw these commands on the web

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator

I copy all of them and I want to have them on my terminal. But the point is I do not like execute them. As you know If I select all three lines and copy all of them on the terminal, all of them will execute line by line. For for this moment I want to just have them on my terminal screen. and my self inter each line separately. So any suggestion.

Answer 1

You can open a subshell. Type ( in your terminal, then copy the lines and close the statemant with ):

user@host:~$ (sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator)

You can edit the commands in the terminal. As soon as you press Enter the commands will be executed line by line. But don't forget the closing ).