How to duplicate a whole line in Vim

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How do I duplicate a whole line in Vim in a similar way to Ctrl D in IntelliJ IDEA  Resharper or Ctrl Alt   8593    8595  in Eclipse

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yy  will yank the current line without deleting it  dd  will delete the current line  p  will put a line grabbed by either of the previous methods

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YP or Yp or yyp

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1 gotcha  when you use  p  to put the line  it puts it after the line your cursor is on  so if you want to add the line after the line you re yanking  don t move the cursor down a line before putting the new line

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YP or Yp or yyp

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yy  will yank the current line without deleting it  dd  will delete the current line  p  will put a line grabbed by either of the previous methods

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1 gotcha  when you use  p  to put the line  it puts it after the line your cursor is on  so if you want to add the line after the line you re yanking  don t move the cursor down a line before putting the new line

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yy or Y to copy the line  mnemonic  yank  or dd to delete the line  Vim copies what you deleted into a clipboard-like  register   like a cut operation   then  p to paste the copied or deleted text after the current line or P to paste the copied or deleted text before the current line

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yy  will yank the current line without deleting it  dd  will delete the current line  p  will put a line grabbed by either of the previous methods

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yy or Y to copy the line  mnemonic  yank  or dd to delete the line  Vim copies what you deleted into a clipboard-like  register   like a cut operation   then  p to paste the copied or deleted text after the current line or P to paste the copied or deleted text before the current line

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You can also try  lt C-x gt  lt C-l gt  which will repeat the last line from insert mode and brings you a completion window with all of the lines  It works almost like  lt C-p gt

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yy or Y to copy the line  mnemonic  yank  or dd to delete the line  Vim copies what you deleted into a clipboard-like  register   like a cut operation   then  p to paste the copied or deleted text after the current line or P to paste the copied or deleted text before the current line

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Normal mode  see other answers   The Ex way     t  will duplicate the line   t 7 will copy it after line 7     t0 will copy current and next line at the beginning of the file     is a synonym for the range     1    1 t  will copy lines from beginning till cursor position to the end  1  is a synonym for the range 1       If you need to move instead of copying  use  m instead of  t   This can be really powerful if you combine it with  g or  v      v foo m  will move all lines not matching the pattern    foo    to the end of the file      g   s class s   i   t  will copy all subsequent lines of the form class xxx right after the cursor    Reference   help range   help  t   help  g   help  m and  help  v

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Do this       First  yy to copy the current line  and then p to paste

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yyp - remember it with  yippee    Multiple lines with a number in between   y7yp

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For those starting to learn vi  here is a good introduction to vi by listing side by side vi commands to typical Windows GUI Editor cursor movement and shortcut keys  It lists all the basic commands including yy  copy line  and p  paste after  or P paste before    vi  Vim  for Windows Users

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Another option would be to go with   nmap  lt C-d gt  mzyyp z   gives you the advantage of preserving the cursor position

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For someone who doesn t know vi  some answers from above might mislead him with phrases like  paste     after before current line   It s actually  paste     after before cursor    yy or Y to copy the line or dd to delete the line  then  p to paste the copied or deleted text after the cursor or P to paste the copied or deleted text before the cursor   For more key bindings  you can visit this site  vi Complete Key Binding List

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yyp - remember it with  yippee    Multiple lines with a number in between   y7yp

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I like  Shift v  to select the whole line immediately and let you select other lines if you want   y  p

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1 gotcha  when you use  p  to put the line  it puts it after the line your cursor is on  so if you want to add the line after the line you re yanking  don t move the cursor down a line before putting the new line

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If you want another way    ayy  This will store the line in buffer a    ap  This will put the contents of buffer a at the cursor   There are many variations on this    a5yy  This will store the 5 lines in buffer a   See  Vim help files for more fun

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I like to use this mapping    nnoremap yp Yp   because it makes it consistent to use alongside the native YP command

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If you would like to duplicate a line and paste it right away below the current like  just like in Sublime Ctrl Shift D  then you can add this to your  vimrc file   nmap  lt S-C-d gt   lt Esc gt Yp  Or  for Insert mode   imap  lt S-C-d gt   lt Esc gt Ypa

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You can also try  lt C-x gt  lt C-l gt  which will repeat the last line from insert mode and brings you a completion window with all of the lines  It works almost like  lt C-p gt

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yy or Y to copy the line  mnemonic  yank  or dd to delete the line  Vim copies what you deleted into a clipboard-like  register   like a cut operation   then  p to paste the copied or deleted text after the current line or P to paste the copied or deleted text before the current line

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Doesn t get any simpler than this  From normal mode   yy   then move to the line you want to paste at and  p

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yyp - remember it with  yippee    Multiple lines with a number in between   y7yp

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Do this       First  yy to copy the current line  and then p to paste

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You can also try  lt C-x gt  lt C-l gt  which will repeat the last line from insert mode and brings you a completion window with all of the lines  It works almost like  lt C-p gt

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If you want another way    ayy  This will store the line in buffer a    ap  This will put the contents of buffer a at the cursor   There are many variations on this    a5yy  This will store the 5 lines in buffer a   See  Vim help files for more fun

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Another option would be to go with   nmap  lt C-d gt  mzyyp z   gives you the advantage of preserving the cursor position

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I know I m late to the party  but whatever  I have this in my  vimrc   nnoremap  lt C-d gt   copy   lt CR gt  vnoremap  lt C-d gt   copy   gt  lt CR gt    the  copy command just copies the selected line or the range  always whole lines  to below the line number given as its argument   In normal mode what this does is copy   copy this line to just below this line   And in visual mode it turns into   lt    gt  copy   gt  copy from start of selection to end of selection to the line below end of selection

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For someone who doesn t know vi  some answers from above might mislead him with phrases like  paste     after before current line   It s actually  paste     after before cursor    yy or Y to copy the line or dd to delete the line  then  p to paste the copied or deleted text after the cursor or P to paste the copied or deleted text before the cursor   For more key bindings  you can visit this site  vi Complete Key Binding List

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Default is yyp  but I ve been using this rebinding for a year or so and love it     set Y to duplicate lines  works in visual mode as well  nnoremap Y yyp vnoremap Y y  gt pgv

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Doesn t get any simpler than this  From normal mode   yy   then move to the line you want to paste at and  p

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If you would like to duplicate a line and paste it right away below the current like  just like in Sublime Ctrl Shift D  then you can add this to your  vimrc file   nmap  lt S-C-d gt   lt Esc gt Yp  Or  for Insert mode   imap  lt S-C-d gt   lt Esc gt Ypa

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Default is yyp  but I ve been using this rebinding for a year or so and love it     set Y to duplicate lines  works in visual mode as well  nnoremap Y yyp vnoremap Y y  gt pgv

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Do this       First  yy to copy the current line  and then p to paste

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If you want another way    ayy  This will store the line in buffer a    ap  This will put the contents of buffer a at the cursor   There are many variations on this    a5yy  This will store the 5 lines in buffer a   See  Vim help files for more fun

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For those starting to learn vi  here is a good introduction to vi by listing side by side vi commands to typical Windows GUI Editor cursor movement and shortcut keys  It lists all the basic commands including yy  copy line  and p  paste after  or P paste before    vi  Vim  for Windows Users

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Normal mode  see other answers   The Ex way     t  will duplicate the line   t 7 will copy it after line 7     t0 will copy current and next line at the beginning of the file     is a synonym for the range     1    1 t  will copy lines from beginning till cursor position to the end  1  is a synonym for the range 1       If you need to move instead of copying  use  m instead of  t   This can be really powerful if you combine it with  g or  v      v foo m  will move all lines not matching the pattern    foo    to the end of the file      g   s class s   i   t  will copy all subsequent lines of the form class xxx right after the cursor    Reference   help range   help  t   help  g   help  m and  help  v

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I like to use this mapping    nnoremap yp Yp   because it makes it consistent to use alongside the native YP command

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Do this       First  yy to copy the current line  and then p to paste

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yyp - paste after  yyP - paste before

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1 gotcha  when you use  p  to put the line  it puts it after the line your cursor is on  so if you want to add the line after the line you re yanking  don t move the cursor down a line before putting the new line

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If you want another way    ayy  This will store the line in buffer a    ap  This will put the contents of buffer a at the cursor   There are many variations on this    a5yy  This will store the 5 lines in buffer a   See  Vim help files for more fun

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YP or Yp or yyp

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You can also try  lt C-x gt  lt C-l gt  which will repeat the last line from insert mode and brings you a completion window with all of the lines  It works almost like  lt C-p gt

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yy  will yank the current line without deleting it  dd  will delete the current line  p  will put a line grabbed by either of the previous methods

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I know I m late to the party  but whatever  I have this in my  vimrc   nnoremap  lt C-d gt   copy   lt CR gt  vnoremap  lt C-d gt   copy   gt  lt CR gt    the  copy command just copies the selected line or the range  always whole lines  to below the line number given as its argument   In normal mode what this does is copy   copy this line to just below this line   And in visual mode it turns into   lt    gt  copy   gt  copy from start of selection to end of selection to the line below end of selection

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I like  Shift v  to select the whole line immediately and let you select other lines if you want   y  p

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yyp - remember it with  yippee    Multiple lines with a number in between   y7yp

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yyp - paste after  yyP - paste before

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YP or Yp or yyp

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