How to save a file under a different name in vi

Question

I often edit a file in vi

, and I want to save it under a different name than the name I opened in it.

I tried to keep the following: :w >> new_file_name

but I ALWAYS get it E212: Can't open file for writing

.

What's the right way?

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jaja 08 june 17 at 20:03

2 answers

Enter :w filename

vi in command line mode, for example @Yedidia said ...

I think you are confusing writing the output of the output to a file.

What will be the next command to create or rewrite text.txt

:

 action > text.txt

and to add the command output to text.txt it will look like this:

action >> text.txt

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vaughnjg 08 june 17 at 20:14

Yedidia · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-08T20:07:08+0000

:w filename

Saves the file name