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Originally Posted by guitarscn
I'm trying to copy paste about 5k lines from a vi text file onto a...
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:[range]y[ank] [x]
...which yanks [range] lines [into register x].
:[line]pu[t] [x]
...which puts the text [from register x] after [line] (default current line).
Most
vi(1) cheatsheets cover these types of actions. For example:
http://bullium.com/support/vim.html#move
Practice with dummy files first.