Copy all the lines to clipboard

Question

Is there any way to copy all lines from open file to clipboard in VI editor. I tried yG but it\'s not using clipboard to store those lines.

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Answer 1

Here's a map command to select all to the clipboard using CTRL+a:

"
" select all with control-a
"
nnoremap  ggmqvG"+y'q

Add it to your .vimrc and you're good to go...