How to copy from current position to the end of line in vi

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javalearner picture javalearner · Oct 14, 2011 · Viewed 60.9k times · Source

I use gvim in windows. How to copy text from current position to the end of line in vi and paste it in another file opened in vi. I googled it but cant find any solution for this. Appreciate any help on this. Thank you.

Answer

Don Reba picture Don Reba · Oct 14, 2011

The normal-mode command to move to the end of the line is $.

You can copy to the end of the line with y$ and paste with p.

To copy/paste between different instances, you can use the system clipboard by selecting the * register, so the commands become "*y$ for copying and "*p for pasting.

$ move-to-linebreak

$

y$ yank-to-linebreak

y,$

"*y$ select clipboard-register yank-to-linebreak

",*,y,$

"*p select clipboard-register paste

",*,p

Check :h registers for more information.

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