How to paste in the line where the cursor is?

Question

The command p pastes below the cursor and P pastes above the cursor. What\'s the command to paste in the line where cursor is?

Answer 1

Shift + v will select the entire line, but you don't want to do that. Instead, press CTRL + v from the beginning of the line which will select by character, then $ to select to the end of the line. yank y and paste p.