topic Re: using vi editor in Operating System - HP-UX

using vi editor

Shivkumar — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:05:04 GMT

Sirs,

I am using vi editor. Just want to copy 2 or 3 words from a line and want to paste it over some other line or new line in the vi editor.

How to do that ?

Thanks,
Shiv

Re: using vi editor

TwoProc — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:11:23 GMT

Well, if you know how many characters it is,
just go to the first letter of the string and hit (let's say it's 11 letters):

11x

then go to where you want to paste it, and type:

p

If it's 3 words you want to delete, go to the first letter of the first word and hit:

3dw

then go to where you want to paste it, and type:

p

Re: using vi editor

Shivkumar — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:28:32 GMT

I want to copy and paste the 2/3 words and Not delete and paste.

Thanks,
Shiv

Re: using vi editor

Mel Burslan — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:31:20 GMT

make sure you are in the cursor mode (if not sure, hit escape once or more to make sure)

place your cursor at the beginning of the 3 words you want to copy

type 3dw (you will see the 3 words disappearing - now three words are in your clip buffer) if you want to keep them there hit "p" (lower case p) immediately.

now move to the beginning of the location you want to 'paste' them to

hit lower case p again

repeat as necessary

Re: using vi editor

Rick Garland — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:44:40 GMT

I use the 'yank word' feature

Place ther cursor on the 1st character of the 3 words you want to yank.

For 3 words, do '3yw' then move the cursor to where you want the words placed and 'p' to place the words there.

If you are yanking 2 words, '2yw'

The 'p' keystroke is necessary to 'place'.

If you make a mistake, quit the file without saving and try again. To quit without saving.

:q!

Re: using vi editor

Jeff_Traigle — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:46:33 GMT

Or shorter... use 3yw to copy the three words and then move to where you want to paste them and use the p command.

Re: using vi editor

Shivkumar — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:55:52 GMT

Is it possible to copy those 2 words and paste them on existing 2 words on other lines ?

Re: using vi editor

Jeff_Traigle — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:00:21 GMT

Not that I can think of off the top of my head. There's the s command to substitute (presumably 3sw would substitute what you type for 3 words), but you wouldn't be able to paste anything from the buffer then. Best you can probably get is to paste the words you copied and then delete the words you want then to replace.

Re: using vi editor

Yogeeraj_1 — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:01:46 GMT

hi,

maybe a search/replace would work perfectly!

:1,$s/new_word/word_to_replaced/g

hope this helps too!

kind regards
yogeeraj

Re: using vi editor

Muthukumar_5 — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:59:24 GMT

Use Putty client terminal. It is easy to copy and paste in vi editor as,

Select two words
Come to new line and press i
Right click mouse. It will paste it.

To update in other two words with new one then, Press R to change with new words.

hth.

Re: using vi editor

Bharat Katkar — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:10:47 GMT

Attaching a quick reference of VI.
Thought it would be helpful.

Regards,

Re: using vi editor

Arunvijai_4 — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:14:23 GMT

Yanking is the best way to do it. Otherwise, use Putty as Muthu specified.

A good guide on VI atatched.

-Arun