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Vi Question

  • 11-11-2003 6:50pm
    #1
    GregLake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭


    Straight forward enough I hope. Is there a command I can use to select all the text from a vi document and then copy and paste it to another file?


Comments

  • #2
    deRanged
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,744 ✭✭✭deRanged


    you can open the other file and read the first one into it.
    goto the place you want the text inserted, and in command mode (hit escape) type :r <filename> and press enter.


  • #3
    BenH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭BenH


    Alternatively cat /path/to/filename >> /path/to/appendedfile will add the contents of the first file to the end of the second.


  • #4
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭niallb


    The command is :%y in command mode.
    This copies the entire buffer to the default register.

    You can then open the other file using :e! newfilename
    go to the location you need, and paste using p

    Think that's what you described.

    NiallB


  • #5
    GregLake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭GregLake


    On the button, thanks niall!


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