VIM is also known to be very fast and efficient, making it perfect for developers who need to work quickly and accurately. In short, VIM is a great text editor for Linux, perfect for both novices and experienced users alike.
Copy/Paste Contents in Vim Editor
Vim is the improvised edition of the Vi editor. Copy and paste is an essential part of the computer user in day-to-day work. We can quickly copy and paste content in Vi/Vim editor using shortcuts. To copy and paste text in the vi/vim editor, follow these steps:
Open the file in vi/vim by typing vi filename in the terminal. Press Esc to enter normal mode. To copy text, first, you need to select the text that you want to copy. You can do this by moving the cursor to the beginning of the text and then pressing v to enter visual mode. Then, use the arrow keys to highlight the text that you want to copy. Once you have selected the text, press y to copy it. This will copy the text to the clipboard. To paste the copied text, move the cursor to the location where you want to paste the text and press p to paste it.
Alternatively, you can also use the yank and put commands to copy and paste text in vi/vim. To copy text using the yank command, type yy to copy the current line or yw to copy the current word. To paste the copied text using the put command, type p.
To copy more than one line, simply enter the number of lines before yy. For example to copy 5 lines simply hit 5yy or to copy 100 lines type 100yy.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.
