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7 months ago
in Copy and paste text with vi or vim | UNIX | Tech-Recipes on Tech-Recipes
Another nice trick is to use Visual Mode...
go to the line you wish to start yanking/cutting
CTRL-V (enable visual mode)
SHIFT-$ (select to end of line)
<down arrow> (select the lines you wish to yank/cut)
d (cut lines) or y (yank/copy)
now just use 'p' or 'P' as needed to paste below or above cursor!
This is the same as fuzzy's except it allows you to "SEE" what you are yanking.
go to the line you wish to start yanking/cutting
CTRL-V (enable visual mode)
SHIFT-$ (select to end of line)
<down arrow> (select the lines you wish to yank/cut)
d (cut lines) or y (yank/copy)
now just use 'p' or 'P' as needed to paste below or above cursor!
This is the same as fuzzy's except it allows you to "SEE" what you are yanking.
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CTRL-V is Visual Block Mode
simply use the lowercase "v" to enter visual mode and no need to do the "SHIFT-$" (should be SHIFT-4 or $) as mentioned above. So that process now beomes:
go to the line you wish to start yanking/cutting
v (enable visual mode)
<down arrow> (select the lines you wish to yank/cut)
or
<right/left arrow> (select characters/words in a line)
d (cut lines) or y (yank/copy)
now just use 'p' or 'P' as needed to paste below or above cursor!