Copy an Entire Buffer to the Clipboard

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Tip: #960 - Copy an Entire Buffer to the Clipboard

Created: July 20, 2005 7:08 Complexity: basic Author: Ivan Tishchenko Version: 5.7 Karma: 65/35 Imported from: Tip#960

There are a number of ways of copying the entire contents of a file to the clipboard. These include:

Normal Mode

gg"+yG

or

ggVGy

Ex Mode

:%y+

Visual Mode

ggVG"*y

Windows Specific (with Windows key bindings in effect)

ggVG<c-ins>

<C-A><C-C>

Macintosh Specific

<Cmd-A><Cmd-C>

References

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