Command Overview Yank and Put Commands

NOTE: the o command (overwriting put) is the only command in bvi that uses a key for a complete different purpose than in vi.

Command	BVI	VI
Put bytes	p   put the contents of the yank or delete buffer after cursor position
	P   append the contents of the yank or delete buffer at EOF	P   put the contents of the yank or delete buffer before cursor position
	o   overwrite the following bytes with the contents of the yank or delete buffer	not available
Yank bytes	ySPACE yank byte at cursor position yfC yank from current position to next character C y/xyz yank from current position to matching pattern xyz y?xyz yank from current position to matching pattern xyz in reverse direction y'a yank from current position to mark a ynG yank from current position to byte with (decimal) address n
	not available	yy   yank line y) yank from cursor position through first following end of sentence y} yank from cursor position through first following end of paragraph y] yank from cursor position through first following end of section
	y\6a 56 ff   yank from cursor position to first occurance of hex pattern 6a 56 ff y#6a 56 ff   yank from cursor position to first occurance of hex pattern 6a 56 ff in reverse direction	not available
	y$   yank from current position to EOF	y$   yank from current position to end of line

Note that most of the commands can be used with a decimal repeat count in front of the command!

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