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 general register. count specifies the number of lines to yank, starting with address.
Example
:101,200 ya a
Copy lines 100-200 to register "a"
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