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Chapter 8 The Vi Editor |
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8.4 Saving and Exiting
Writing a file means saving the edits and updating the file's modification time.
| ZZ | Quit vi, writing the file only if changes were made. |
| :x |
Same as
ZZ
. |
| :wq | Write and quit file. |
| :w | Write file. |
:w
file
|
Save copy to
file
. |
:
n1
,
n2
w
file
|
Write lines
n1
to
n2
to new
file
. |
:
n1
,
n2
w >>
file
|
Append lines
n1
to
n2
to existing
file
. |
| :w! | Write file (overriding protection). |
:w!
file
|
Overwrite
file
with current buffer. |
:w %.
new
|
Write current buffer named
file
as
file.new
. |
| :q | Quit file. |
| :q! | Quit file (discarding edits). |
| Q | Quit vi and invoke ex. |
| :vi |
Return to vi after
Q
command. |
:e
file2
|
Edit
file2
without leaving vi. |
| :n | Edit next file. |
| :e! | Return to version of current file at time of last write. |
| :e# | Edit alternate file. |
| % | Current filename. |
| # | Alternate filename. |
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| 8.3 Edit Commands |
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8.5 Accessing Multiple Files |
