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Hey, I was wondering. I've never figured this one out... Say that I want to copy a block of text in vi editor. And then paste that block of text ...
  1. 11-30-2006 #1
    drewrockshard
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    Hey,

    I was wondering. I've never figured this one out...

    Say that I want to copy a block of text in vi editor. And then paste that block of text to a different file, or even the same file. I am just wanting to copy a chunk of text and be able to paste it, not just one line - but several lines.

    Never had figured it out. Any ideas?
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    p inserts deleted text after the current cursor line
    P inserts deleted text before the current cursor line

    yy copies text
    5yy would copy five lines

    dd deletes files
    5dd would delete five lines
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    drewrockshard
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    Quote Originally Posted by deanlinkous
    p inserts deleted text after the current cursor line
    P inserts deleted text before the current cursor line

    yy copies text
    5yy would copy five lines

    dd deletes files
    5dd would delete five lines
    Nice. I appreciate that.
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