How to save as a new file and keep working on the original one in Vim

Question

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

User · Answer

After save new file press  Ctrl-6   This is shortcut to alternate file

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

Use the  w command with a filename    w other filename

User · Answer

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

[vim] How to save as a new file and keep working on the original one in Vim?

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