Copy and paste content from one file to another file in vi

Question

I am working with two files, and I need to copy a few lines from one file and paste into another file. I know how to copy (yy) and paste (p) in the same file. But that doesn

Answer 1

Use the variations of d like dd to cut.

To write a range of lines to another file you can use:

:, w filename

Where and are numbers (or symbols) that designate a range of lines.

For using the desktop clipboard, take a look at the +g commands.