Mastering Vim

Saving and closing files

Let's save our file! Execute the following command:

:w

Don't forget to hit Enter at the end of a command to execute it.

:w stands for write.

The write command can also be followed by a filename, making it possible to write to a different file, other than the one that is open (:w animal_farm_2.py). To change the current open file to a new one when saving, use :saveas command: :saveas animal_farm_2.py.

Let's exit Vim and check if the file was indeed created. :q stands for quit. You can also combine write and quit commands to write and exit by executing :wq.

:q

If you made changes to a file and want to exit Vim without saving the changes, you'll have to use :q! to force Vim to quit. Exclamation mark at the end of the ...