Whenever I use the :sav command, it saves the file with a new name and opens the new file open in Vim.
Is it possible to save the file with a new name but keep the original one open for editing?
vim "save as" and this question taught me that there is a :saveas that works just like I expected: saves the existing file with a new name and opens the new file.
:sav for short and there's also :sav! when overwriting an existing file.
Use the :w command with a filename:
:w other_filename
Thanks for the answers. Now I know that there are two ways of "SAVE AS" in Vim.
Assumed that I'm editing hello.txt.
:w world.txt will write hello.txt's content to the file world.txt while keeping hello.txt as the opened buffer in vim.
:sav world.txt will first write hello.txt's content to the file world.txt, then close buffer hello.txt, finally open world.txt as the current buffer.
:sav won’t close initial buffer, it will hide it. By default, hidden buffers are unloaded, but this can be overriden (with 'hidden' or 'bufhidden' options).
:sav is closer to the "Save as" I've known.
:sav[eas][!] [++opt] {file} So, :sav is the shortener for :saveas. Whereas, :w is the shortcut for :[range]w[rite][!] [++opt] {file}. And everything is in the manual, just few lines above/below.
After save new file press
Ctrl-6
This is shortcut to alternate file
The following command will create a copy in a new window. So you can continue see both original file and the new file.
:w {newfilename} | sp #
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:w %:h/other_filenameto write to a filename in the same directory as the open file.:w other_filenamewill write data toother_filenameonly and not the current file.