Say, there is a file first.txt and I want to make a new file second.txt with the same content of first.txt, is there a direct command in Vim to do that?
I don't want to first create second.txt and then copy the content of first.txt.
4 Answers
Just open first.txt and run the command:
:w second.txt
answered Mar 19, 2020 at 22:11
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1will you please suggest me any book or kind of to learn,i am using Ubuntu from last 3-4 month and found don't learn any thing. Mar 19, 2020 at 22:14
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4@atharvamishra Go step by step. For vim, you can just start with the command
vimtutor, as the name indicates, it's a tutor for vim, in vim. For linux... is too broad to point to something particular. Start with basic commands in the terminal, using the man pages and/or the help:man <command>or<command> --help. You can refer also to https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/. Mar 19, 2020 at 22:24
Although the straightforward simple answer has already been posted, I offer a fun and instructive alternative:
:!cp "%" second.txt
Alternatively, open the first file, then do :saveas second.txt.
answered Mar 25, 2020 at 22:59
open new file
:o newfile.txt
read from old file:
:r oldfile.txt
vimtutor, and this is a short 30 minute set of lessons to learn the basics of Vim.