Copy and paste between two files in VIM

13 January, 2016

CLI • VIM

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4620672/copy-and-paste-content-from-one-file-to-another-file-in-vi

Open first file in VIM
Split window ctrl-w, s
Open second file :e filename
Yank y and put p text as usual - the buffer is shared between both windows
Navigate between open windows using ctrl-w, UP/DOWN (the up or down keys, not text!)