Paste multiple times in Vim

Question

This maybe really simple, But I tried searching and I ended up with stuff like copying multiple lines, cut and paste multiple lines etc. What am looking for is pasting a single line multiple times in Vim.

For eg. A line 'X' is copied and I want to paste this line alone for say 30 times, thus I will have 30 'X' lines. Is it possible with a single command in Vim? Please help me.

Note: A single command for paste. Copy of the line can be done by 'y'. for pasting 30 times or so, I need a single command. Please help me here.

Hyrax

Answer 1

Yes. Put before the command the number of times you want to repeat the action. And this works with many of vim commands. It would be:

30p

Thaxter

Answer 2

In order to copy a line and paste it 30 times, first place the cursor on the line you want to copy, and then:

yy
30p

This will copy the line and paste it 30 times below it. If you want them in another place, then set the cursor to it, and do the 30p part

Pulsatory

Just to add, you need not limit yourself to a single line. You can copy a set of lines (for example using Visual Selection and then pressing y) and doing the paste operation xp times (where x is the number of times you want to paste, and p is the paste operation) – Mothy

Answer 3

Suppose you want to copy "n" lines and paste "m" times into the same file. Then open the file using Vim -

1. Move the cursor to the line from which you want to copy
2. If you want to copy 543 lines then enter 543yy then you should observe 543 lines yanked at the bottom of the Vim editor
3. To paste the lines 70 times then enter 70p
4. To save the changes and quit the Vim editor then enter :wq

Superheterodyne