When you say "virtual console" what are you referring to? Is the server running under VMWare, Hyper-V or the like, or are you at the GUI console of a desktop server and have opened a console window?
When you are looking to cut/copy/paste, where do you want to cut/copy/paste to/from?
If you are editing a file with
vi or
vim, you can place the cursor on the line to be cut/copied and type (in command mode)
dd to cut or
Y to copy the line. If you need to cut/copy a block, you can specify the number of lines involved from the current line, so
3dd will cut the current and next two lines,
20Y will copy the current and next 19 lines.
To paste it in, you have a choice,
p or
P. The lower case pastes after the current line that the cursor is on. The upper case pastes before the current line that the cursor is on.
Is this what you need, or have I completely missed the point?
I hope that this helps,
Robin