Yanking results displayed in status line

Question

After pressing <C-g> in normal mode, prints useful information in the status line. How can I yank this text?

Answer 1

The output of <C-g> is the same as that of the :file command with no arguments.

In order to capture the contents of a command such as :file, you can use the execute() Vimscript function.

For example, to paste those contents below the current line, in the current buffer, you can use:

:put =execute('file')

Or to capture those contents in register x, you can use:

:let @x = execute('file')

Followed by something like "xp to paste those contents from the register into the buffer.