Vim: paste multiple lines after multiple lines

Question

In vim, how can I paste multiple lines of code after every line of a visual block?

What I have is:

 foo bar 1 2 3

What I am trying to do is:

1 foo bar 2 foo bar 3 foo bar

Is there a way to easily accomplish this?

you have your answers below, if it is something more complex than what you have shown then you should have a look at macros vim.wikia.com/wiki/Macros — bjhaid
– bjhaid, Commented Nov 27, 2013 at 16:23
I was hoping that there was some way to do it using visual mode but I guess not. Thanks for the help everyone! — Nathan Long
– Nathan Long, Commented Nov 27, 2013 at 16:33
If you do want to use visual mode for this, something here might help: vim.wikia.com/wiki/Repeat_command_on_each_line_in_visual_block — Ben Klein
– Ben Klein, Commented Nov 27, 2013 at 16:38

Birei · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-27 16:22:38Z

You can cut it to the default register and do a global replacement for the rest of lines, like this:

Go to first column of first line of the file:

gg0

Cut data:

3dd

Do a global repeat for every line of the file and paste it:

:g/^/put

It yields:

1 foo bar 2 foo bar 3 foo bar

Kent · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-27 19:24:05Z

assume that you want to copy and paste line number 1 2 3, run this command:

:g/^\S/1,3t.

then the text foo bar would be copied to right place. then you can remove the two lines.

You can also change the 1,3 to other range.

bnjmn · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-27 16:30:16Z

Not fully automated but almost there:

Visually highlight desired rows to copy with Shift+V
Delete with d
Move to first line ("1") and start recording with q followed by some letter, i.e., a.
Paste with p and then move down to the next line ("2"). Stop recording with q.
Now just repeat the last recorded command with @@, or + the designated letter, i.e., @a.

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