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Change Commands (cont)

Some change commands act on a region of text, specified by movement ...

d move delete text from old to new cursor positions
c move change text from old to new cursor positions
! move cmd filter text from old to new cursor through cmd
< > move left / right shift text from old to new cursor
y move grab a copy of text from old to new cursor posn

Doubling a change command (e.g. dd) means "do it to the whole line".

Changed text is placed into a buffer, from where it can be retrieved.