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Yank file path with line no from vim to system clipboard

I would like to yank -

  • A full path to the file, e.g. c:\foo\bar\file.txt:94 with its line no

I would also like to paste it to my system clipboard so i will use '+' register for this.

can you suggest me possible way to do this?

Solution

  • If you are trying to yank c:\foo\bar\file.txt:94 when you are on line 94 of c:\foo\bar\file.txt you can use the following statement to set the + register to
    <file_path>:<line_number> 

    :let @+=expand("%") . ':' . line(".")

    expand("%") - is the current file name
    line(".") - is the current line number

    An example mapping is 

    nnoremap <leader>y :let @+=expand("%") . ':' . line(".")<CR>