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How to yank words between dots on multiple lines in VIM?

I try to find the best way to copy (all occurrences) and paste (all the occurrences somewhere else) the second word in between the dots in this example case with vim (without plugins):

1 somename.xyz.something
2 so.someday.zzzz
3 text.example.fese.efsse

The result after I paste it somewhere else:

5 xyz
6 someday
7 example
Solution

  • I would copy the lines in question (e.g. yip or through visual mode) and paste them to the desired location, so you'd get:

    somename.xyz.something
so.someday.zzzz
text.example.fese.efsse

somename.xyz.something
so.someday.zzzz
text.example.fese.efsse

    And then delete the unwanted parts. For example by selecting them in visual mode and running :'<,'>normal 0df.f.D, resulting in:

    somename.xyz.something
so.someday.zzzz
text.example.fese.efsse

xyz
someday
example