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How to copy selected lines to clipboard in vim. I know how to do it for all text files, but I want to do in for selected lines. Thanks!
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Press the ESC key to be sure you are in vi Command mode. Place the cursor on the line you wish to copy. Type yy to copy the line.
Press y to copy, or d to cut the selection. Move the cursor to the location where you want to paste the contents. Press P to paste the contents before the cursor, or p to paste it after the cursor.
Press v to select characters, or uppercase V to select whole lines, or Ctrl-v to select rectangular blocks (use Ctrl-q if Ctrl-v is mapped to paste). 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.
SHIFTV puts you in select lines mode. Then "*y yanks the currently selected lines to the * register which is the clipboard. There are quite a few different registers, for different purposes. See the section on selection and drop registers for details on the differences between * and + registers on Windows and Linux.
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