vi question

blackzone · 09-14-2004, 03:18 AM

I know yy for copying line

but how do you copy a string

for example I have "string1 string2"

how do I copy string2 without copying the entire line?

ceedeedoos · 09-14-2004, 03:37 AM

go to the s of string2 and press y$
then you have everything from s to the end of the line

or yw to copy the word "string2" also works

druuna · 09-14-2004, 03:37 AM

yw will 'yank' (y) one word (w)

You can also yank multiple words/lines:

4yy => yank 4 lines, from cursor position downwards.
3 yw => yank next 3 words, from cursor position.

btw: yy is not copying, it stores the yanked line into a buffer. The p command puts the line from buffer into your text.

schandak · 09-14-2004, 03:37 AM

go below string2 and in escape and do "dw" and
do "p" ,whever who want to paste the string2

u can search googl e for "vi quick refence" ,which will answer all ur queries.
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Suresh