vi vim editor copy a block not usual action

Question

In vi vim editor  I need to copy a block  There are many ways  but one way is very quick    label the first line by some way  then label the end line by some way  then put some command to copy the labeled lines  then copy  may using  p   but not sure    Anybody know the commands  not yy or 10yy   Thanks in advance

User · Answer

I found the below command much more convenient. If you want to copy lines from 6 to 12 and paste from the current cursor position.

:6,12 co .

If you want to copy lines from 6 to 12 and paste from 100th line.

:6,12t100

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/8i6vbd/efficient_ways_of_copying_few_lines/

User · Answer

You can do it as you do in vi  for example to yank lines from 3020 to the end  execute this command  write the block to a file     3020   w  tmp yank  And to write this block in another line file  go to the desired position and execute next command  insert file written before     r  tmp yank   Reminder  don t forget to remove file   tmp yank

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Their Documentation says   Cut and paste    Position the cursor where you want to begin cutting  Press v to select characters  or uppercase V to select whole lines   Move the cursor to the end of what you want to cut  Press d to cut  or y to copy   Move to where you would like to paste  Press P to paste before the cursor  or p to paste after     Copy and paste is performed with the same steps except for step 4 where you would press y instead of d   d   delete   cut  y   yank   copy

User · Answer

just use V to select lines or v to select chars or Ctrlv to select a block   When the selection spans the area you d like to copy just hit y and use p to paste it anywhere you like

User · Answer

It sounds like you want to place marks in the file   mx places a mark named x under the cursor  y x yanks everything between the cursor s current position and the line containing mark x   You can use  x to simply move the cursor to the line with your mark   You can use  x  a back-tick  to move to the exact location of the mark     One thing I do all the time is yank everything between the cursor and mark x into the clipboard   You can do that like this     y x  NOTE  In some environments the clipboard buffer is represented by a   in stead of a       Similar questions with some good answers    How to copy paste text from vi to different applications How to paste from buffer in ex mode of vim

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Keyboard shortcuts to that are    For copy  Place cursor on starting of block and press md  and then goto end of block and press y d  This will select the block to paste it press p For cut  Place cursor on starting of block and press ma  and then goto end of block and press d a  This will select the block to paste it press p

User · Answer

Another option which may be easier to remember would be to place marks on the two lines with ma and mb  then run   a  byank   Many different ways to accomplish this task  just offering another

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