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

These remaps work like a charm for me:

vmap  "*y     " Yank current selection into system clipboard
nmap  "*Y     " Yank current line into system clipboard (if nothing is selected)
nmap  "*p     " Paste from system clipboard

So, when I'm at visual mode, I select the lines I want and press Ctrl + c and then Ctrl + v to insert the text in the receiver file. You could use "*y as well, but I think this is hard to remember sometimes.

This is also useful to copy text from Vim to clipboard.

Source: Copy and paste between sessions using a temporary file