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Old 08-10-2006
Question Select ALL in VI Editor

Hi all,

How can i select all and copy text in VI Editor.

Rakesh Gupta
# 2  
Old 08-10-2006
The only thought I have is to go to the top line of your document and do "yyX", where X is the number of lines in your doc. That will yank all the lines into the buffer. Then put your cursor where you want the copy to go and do a "p"
# 3  
Old 08-10-2006
Question Any shorter way???

Is there no other way as with yyX i would have to know the number of lines in advance (though its not a problem) but still if there is shorter way please point it out.

Thanks for the reply,

Rakesh
# 4  
Old 08-10-2006
You can do it this way also, which doesn't require you to know the number of lines:

Code:
:%Y a

which yanks all lines into buffer a.

Then, when you want to paste, position your cursor where you want it and type this in (without being in command mode):

Paste below the cursor position:
Code:
"ap

or

Paste above the cursor position:
Code:
"aP

# 5  
Old 08-10-2006
Hammer & Screwdriver type :%y a instead of :%Y a

I tried

Quote:
:%Y a
in my VI editor for GNOME Terminal 2.6.0

Quote:
E492: Not an editor command: %Y a
but

Quote:
:%y a
works fine.

I think we sould type :

Quote:
%y a instead of :%Y a
thanks for the reply
# 6  
Old 08-10-2006
My bad, it was a typo.
# 7  
Old 08-10-2006
Hi,
Can you elaborate pls. Does the command allow you to paste it another file?

I tried but it would not work. Any clue?
Thanks
 
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