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Copy and paste

To cut-and-paste or copy-and-paste:

Position the cursor at the beginning of the text you want to cut/copy. Press v to begin character-based visual selection, or V to select whole lines, or Ctrl-v or Ctrl-q to select a block. Move the cursor to the end of the text to be cut/copied. While selecting text, you can perform searches and other advanced movement. Press d (delete) to cut, or y (yank) to copy. Move the cursor to the desired paste location. Press p to paste after the cursor, or P to paste before.