How do I copy command output in vim?

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 62

Are you looking for this,

:redir @* | set guifont | redir END

:redir command redirects the output of a command to a register (@*). The register @* refers to the clipboard.

For more info on this,

:help :redir

ANSWER 2

Score 18

Try ':r !pwd' to get the current working directory directly in to the GVIM opened file.
You can then copy it to clipboard like you would any other text file contents opened there.

ANSWER 3

Score 6

If you're running vim in an xterm, holding the shift key while selecting the text will copy the text to the X equivalent of the clipboard.

ANSWER 4

Score 6

For this particular example you could do (note the "!" which makes it go through the shell):

:!pwd | xclip

:!pwd | xclip -selection secondary

(depending on which X-selection you want).

You might have to install xclip first

sudo apt-get install xclip

(or equivalent)