Using Ex commands: Because the aforementioned number option shows absolute line numbers, you can see that the class ends at line 10 and do :. Using your statusline or not : You can :set ruler to have the current line number displayed on the right side of your statusbar if you have one or on the right side of your command line if you don't have a statusline. Using Vimscript: You can use line '. Using custom text-objects: There are a number of custom text-objects available on vim.
The one I could not use properly is You can :set number and do y10G. I get a "E Trailing characters" error. Also, I would add :set nonu to exit the :set number mode. Thank you for such a comprehensive explanation — fedorqui 'SO stop harming'. Those are two separated commands: :set number enables the display of absolute line numbers and y10G is another command that yanks "from here to line 10". That would be crazily inneficient!
Try the following in command mode :. Mani Shishir Jaiswal Shishir Jaiswal 3 3 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. Another answer also suggested the Ctrl-g option to get more info. I did not know about this registering method. I also fixed the format in your code, just tiny things. Thanks, Kent. What I get is just the x line copied. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook.
Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete? If you delete by mistake: give the command u undo immediately after you give the delete command. Examples: 3dd will delete 3 lines beginning with the current line. Example: 3yy will yank copy 3 lines p will put the 3 lines just yanked on the line below the current cursor.
Example: cw allows you to change a word. The word may be replaced by as many word as needed. Follow this with an expression and vi will find the next occurrence of that expression in the file. If this is followed by the command: n , the next occurrence of Bill is found.
Cudahy Hall, Room W. You can also delete or copy lines into temporary files called named buffers that will let you reuse those lines during your current vi work session. This feature is particularly useful if you are editing a file that contains a lot of boilerplate text or repetitive code. When you quit vi, all the buffers are emptied; they are temporary storage that only lasts for your current vi work session. To copy text into a buffer, use the vi yank command. The most common uses are outlined below.
The vi p and P commands "put" the line back into the file just after p or just before P the line on which the cursor is resting. For example, to copy 12 consecutive lines from one part of a file to another, follow these steps:. To copy 12 consecutive lines into a buffer named f and place those lines in another part of the file later in your work session, follow these steps:.
If you use the vi dd command delete a line instead of the yy command, you can move lines to a new location. Instead of inserting copied lines, you can delete lines from the file, place them in a buffer, and place them where you want them. The format of the commands, similar to those using yy, are summarized below. Search Articles.
Using vi buffers to copy lines The vi editor allows you to copy text from your file into temporary buffers for use in other places in the file during your current vi work session. The simplest case would be using the vi command mode command: u The u undo command undoes the most recent thing you've done in vi. Copying lines into a buffer To copy text into a buffer, use the vi yank command.
That is, it copies the line for you to put into the file immediately. Place the cursor on the line you wish to copy. Type yy to copy the line. Move the cursor to the place you wish to insert the copied line. Type p to insert the copied line after the current line on which the cursor is resting or type P to insert the copied line before the current line.
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