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Vim: How to Copy to Your System Clipboard

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August 8, 2023
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If you find yourself highlighting text in Vim with your mouse to copy and paste it elsewhere, stop. There’s a better way, using the yank command, to copy text into your clipboard on macOS or Windows.

TL;DR

"*y

Use the yank command

You may be familiar with the yank command: y to copy selected text, yy to copy the current line. To copy to the system clipboard, we’ll use the same command with a few extras modifier to select the correct register.

Choosing a register

In Vim, you choose a register using ".

The system register

For both Mac and Windows, you can select the system register by using *.

Putting it all together

Enter visual mode by hitting v. Select the text you want to copy, then type:

"*y

Now go paste freely!

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