How do I copy command output in vim?
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 61
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
or
:!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)
ANSWER 5
Score 0
You could send to a file and copy it from there:
SomeCommand > SomeFile.txt
vim SomeFile.txt
See How do I save terminal output to a file? on AskUbuntu.