The command ‘Y’ or ‘yy’ copies (yanks) one or more lines. To copy one line, two lines, 10 lines, and all lines to the end of the file, respectively:
Y 2Y
10Y
yG
To paste the text contained in the buffer above (uppercase P) or below the current cursor position (lowercase p), respectively:
P p
It is also possible to yank text within a line. The following commands yank text from the current cursor position to the end of the word and the end of the line, respectively:
yw y$
Lower case p pastes after the cursor position and upper case P pastes before.
Paste will also work with deleted text, either lines or parts of lines. Be careful not to execute any other commands prior to pasting as this will empty the buffer.
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Y 2Y
10Y
yG
To paste the text contained in the buffer above (uppercase P) or below the current cursor position (lowercase p), respectively:
P p
It is also possible to yank text within a line. The following commands yank text from the current cursor position to the end of the word and the end of the line, respectively:
yw y$
Lower case p pastes after the cursor position and upper case P pastes before.
Paste will also work with deleted text, either lines or parts of lines. Be careful not to execute any other commands prior to pasting as this will empty the buffer.
Read full article from Copy and paste text with vi or vim | a Tech-Recipes Tutorial
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