Copy And Paste Content From One File To Another File In Vi
Answer :
Since you already know how to cut/yank text, here are a few ideas for pasting it back into another file:
- Edit the first file, yanking the text you want. Then open your second file from within vi (
:e /path/to/other/file
) and paste it Open both files together in a split window and navigate between them using Ctrl + w, Up/Down either by:
vi -o /path/to/file1 /path/to/file2
- From within the first file, Ctrl + w, s
If you are using Vim on Windows, you can get access to the clipboard (MS copy/paste) using:
"*dd -- cut a line (or 3dd to cut three lines)
"*yy -- copy a line (or 3yy to copy three lines)
"*p -- paste line(s) on line after the cursor
"*P -- paste line(s) on line before the cursor
The lets you paste between separate Vim windows or between Vim and PC applications (Notepad, Microsoft Word, etc.).
Use the variations of d
like dd
to cut.
To write a range of lines to another file you can use:
:<n>,<m> w filename
Where <n>
and <m>
are numbers (or symbols) that designate a range of lines.
For using the desktop clipboard, take a look at the +g
commands.
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