Name
yank
Synopsis
[address] y [char] [count]
Place lines specified by address in
named register char. Register names are the
lowercase letters a-z. Uppercase names append text to the
corresponding register. If no char is given,
place lines in the general register. count
specifies the number of lines to yank, starting with
address.
Example
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