12 Simple methods to handle vi editor commands.

9. Cut, Copy & Paste

With this type of vi editor commands we can cut/copy or Paste the contents of the file.

• x                             ===> cut the character
• @x                          ===> cut @ characters ( @ = number of characters )
• yw                           ===> copy the word
• @yw                       ===> copy @ words ( @ = number of words )
• cw                           ===> cut the word
• @cw                       ===> cut @ words ( @ = number of words )
• dw                          ===> delete the word
• @dw                       ===> delete @ words ( @ = number of words )
• yy                            ===> copy the line
• @yy                        ===> copy @ lines ( @ = number of lines )
• cc                            ===> cut the line
• @cc                        ===> cut @ lines ( @ = number of lines )
• dd                           ===> delete the line
• @dd                        ===> delete @ lines ( @ – number of lines )
• y$                            ===> copy words from the cursor up to the end of the line
• c$                            ===> cut words from the cursor up to the end of the line
• C                              ===> …and change to insert mode
• d$                            ===> delete words from the cursor up to the end of the line
• D                              ===> Same as above
• p                              ===> paste the cut/copied/deleted line/s, word/s or character/s