Copy Multiple lines VIM Command
How to use Copy Multiple lines Command in Linux VIM editor?
Explanation
<count>yy stands for Yank Multiple Line
This command is used to copy the N number of lines from the current line from the file.
Usage:
<count>yy
Example:
- Open the file test.txt using the command
$ vim test.txt - We can notice the text in the file.
Hiox India
Vim Tutorial
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3 - Let us see how to copy 2 lines from the second line.
- Move the cursor to the second line, from which we have to copy 2 lines.
- To copy the lines to clipboard
Press 2yy - Using put command we can paste the copied content
Press p - The copied content will be pasted
