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VIM: Copy lines

Yank lines 81-91

:81,91y<enter>

If your fingers don't like to find the : and , keys, this would work as well (go to line 81, yank 11 lines)

81gg11yy 

My only use of g is 5gg. To go to the 5th line. 22gg: 22nd line. As jimbo said, it's really only a modifier for some other commands.

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