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For example if I copy several lines of text and open a brand new file. If I paste with p, then I get an empty line above the pasted text, and if I paste with P, I get an empty line below the pasted text.

How can I paste and remove/replace/delete the current line?

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Select the current line in visual mode before pasting: Vp.

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  • Makes sense. I was hoping there was something more simple, without visual mode. – aharris88 Feb 5 '15 at 18:44
  • @aharris88 I did a little research on this and I can't find a simpler way to do it. I'd love to be proven wrong, though! – Undo Feb 5 '15 at 18:46
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    You can always rebind this key combination to something else (like noremap p Vp). – Martin Tournoij♦ Feb 5 '15 at 18:57
  • Yeah, but p is too useful to overwrite. Vp is fine. I don't need it that often. – aharris88 Feb 5 '15 at 19:06
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As you have mentioned that you want to paste the text in a new file. This would work once you have the text selected

:'<,'>w new_filename
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