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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.
if the cursor is somewhere in the middle of the word, add a b before the command as in:
byw
or
bvey
# http://www.littletechtips.com/2011/05/how-to-copydelete-word-under-cursor-in.html
@pancutan
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Thanks guys! You rock!

@risteFront
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Thanks , this is helpful.

@natanshalva
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Thanks, there is a small mistake on the first row, these combination will only copy, not delete.

@mochsner
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mochsner commented Sep 3, 2021

Any shortcut to SELECT an entire word that you guys are aware of?

This is great, but I would love to use in conjunction with the ability to highlight another word to replace it with, I think.

EDIT: this would be vaw - duh. Only issue is doing yaw and then vaw seems to add a space. No solution from me on this yet. If anyone else has one feel free to share!

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Dotrar commented Sep 22, 2021

@mochsner
viw and yiw will select and copy entire word without the leading space.

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