How to copy from current position to the end of line in vi

Vim Problem Overview

I use gvim in windows. How to copy text from current position to the end of line in vi and paste it in another file opened in vi. I googled it but cant find any solution for this. Appreciate any help on this. Thank you.

Vim Solutions

Solution 1 - Vim

The normal-mode command to move to the end of the line is $.

You can copy to the end of the line with y$ and paste with p.

To copy/paste between different instances, you can use the system clipboard by selecting the * register, so the commands become "*y$ for copying and "*p for pasting.

$ move-to-linebreak

$

y$ yank-to-linebreak

y,$

"*y$ select clipboard-register yank-to-linebreak

",*,y,$

"*p select clipboard-register paste

",*,p

Check :h registers for more information.

Solution 2 - Vim

If you don't want to include the line break with the yank, you can use yg_. (Or in your case, "*yg_)

Basically, just recognize there's a difference between $ and g_ movement-wise. It's helped me on numerous occasions.

Solution 3 - Vim

Add this line to your .vimrc

" Make Y yank till end of line
nnoremap Y y$

More at my vimrc.

Solution 4 - Vim

A different solution: Dp and paste it with p. In fact this first deletes to the end of line and re-pastes it at the same location. Paste it somewhere else with p.

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