How to do a - CTRL A and a CTRL+C?

Question

I need to do a

Ctrl+A, Ctrl+V

to paste in a very long file, but I do not know the set of commands that can do this action in the most efficient way.

Thank you.

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 26 '17 at 16:47

18

You can do:

ggVGY

and then open another file in vi and paste with P.

However, before posting a question, try to search first. See for example this question.

edited Sep 26 '17 at 16:47

MByD

answered Aug 18 '14 at 14:00

macfij

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I already test that but this only work if i want to paste in the same terminal and i want to paste it on my windows. – Kvasir Aug 18 '14 at 14:27
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try `ggVG"+Y`. This will force vim to copy to system clipboard. – macfij Aug 18 '14 at 14:33
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I try but their is no changement. – Kvasir Aug 19 '14 at 09:16
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what version of vim do you use on windows? try also ggVG"*Y – macfij Aug 19 '14 at 09:43
this thread has all necessary information: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11489428/how-to-make-vim-paste-from-and-copy-to-systems-clipboard – macfij Aug 19 '14 at 09:47

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