How to duplicate a whole line in Vim?

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sumek picture sumek · Sep 16, 2008 · Viewed 742.9k times · Source

How do I duplicate a whole line in Vim in a similar way to Ctrl+D in IntelliJ IDEA/ Resharper or Ctrl+Alt+↑/↓ in Eclipse?

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Mark Biek picture Mark Biek · Sep 16, 2008

yy or Y to copy the line (mnemonic: yank

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