Vi Copy-paste without navigating to the line

Question

Is it possible for me to say the copy the contents at a specific line (x) and paste in the current line without actually needing to go to x.

Right now, I need to type :x<Enter>yy<C-o>p. I just wanted to see if this can be done more efficiently.

Answer 1

there is :t you can use.

for example if you are on line #77, and you want to copy line#7 below your current line, that is, #78, you just:

:7t.

after executing this, your cursor will be on line#78, the newly "pasted" line.

read :h :t for details, you may want to know the powerful :h range as well.

another advantage of :t instead of y/Y is, you keep " register untouched.