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I looked through the vim manual, and I could only find the commands for "write and quit" and "write (if edited) and quit". Is there a command for "write out without quitting", similar to ^o in nano?

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One may wonder exactly how you read the manual given that :help write and :help writing get you straight to the solution. – Stephane Chazelas Jan 15 at 15:21

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Use the write command:

:write

Which can be abbreviated:

:w

If you want to write to another file without changing the current file, supply a different filename to the write command:

:write newfile

If you want to write to another file and change to that file, use the saveas command:

:saveas newfile

Which can be abbreviated:

:s newfile
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Or, abbreviated, just use :w, or :s newfile – Christopher Jan 15 at 14:07
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And :wa to :write all opened files/buffers. – htor Jan 15 at 14:09
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And :w! to force an over-write. – goldilocks Jan 15 at 14:28
You may want to incorporate what the comments says to make your answer more complete. – N.N. Feb 16 at 2:15
@N.N.: The abbreviated versions should be part of the answer, but I'm not so sure about the other use-cases. – Thor Feb 16 at 12:17

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