copy a line/multiple-lines from vi editor to cmd line

Question

Is there a shortcut key to copy a line from vi editor and then paste it into a terminal. Currently I select the text with mouse and then press crtl+shift+c (I'm using default settings of KDE) and then do ctrl+shift+v on the konsole. The problem with this option is when the line is long enough to wrap. In that case copy-paste inserts extra spaces which I have to fix after pasting on terminal.

This is very annoying specially when the line copied is very long and contains file names (typically commands used to invoke compiler).

Answer 1

You can yank to the X clipboard by putting the contents in the * register.

To do this use "*yy on the line you want to yank. Then outside of vim you should be able to paste it.

Answer 2

If you don't have access to a clipboard via X or screen or tmux, you can write the contents of the buffer to a temp file, then go to the terminal and invoke $(cat temp-file) or open an editor for the command line and read in the file. Whatever shell you are using probably provides a mechanism for opening an editor on the command line. In bash with vi-style readline keybindings you can type v to get a vi session. If you shell does not provide that functionality, try a different shell.