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hectorperez / copy word under cursor in Vim.txt
Created August 7, 2014 13:37
copy word under cursor in Vim
copy/delete word under cursor in Vim
yw / byw
Assuming that the cursor is at the first character of the word simply do this in command mode:
yw
y is for yank and w is for word.
Other ways of doing the same thing which are not as efficient:
vey
the v starts visual select mode. e tells vim to move to end of word. y yanks or copies the word. to delete replace y with x.