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PlayingWithVi.md

String replace global in VI

:%s/search_string/replacement_string/g

delete All lines in a file

dG

delete first 30 lines in a file

1G
30dd

To go to first line of file

gg

or

1G

To go to last line of file

G

To copy all contents of a file to clipboard

:%y+

or go to first line of file and copy

gg"*yG

Paste from clipboard

"*p

* is a register. you can also use +

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