title: How do I re-select a range in vim?
body: <p>Assume I just yanked some text to another file through:</p>
  
  <pre><code>:8,12 w file.txt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I use the same range without having to enter 8,12 again?
  I might want to delete the text afterwards. Currently I use:</p>
  
  <pre><code>:8,12d
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it seems like needless repetition.
  Maybe there's a way to accomplish this in one step?</p>
  
  <p>Note: I understand I could use a Visual Selection and then use the gv command. That's not what I'm looking to answer with the question.</p>