Many times, after we opened a file using Vi, we may want to open another file or save the file into another location.

Here are the commands:

Press [Esc] key,  then press colon (:), at the left corner of your editor, you can type the following commands to save the file.

Command
Description

q
Quit

q!
Quit without saving changes i.e. discard changes

r fileName
Read data from file called fileName

wq
Write and quit (save and exit)

w fileName
Write to file called fileName (save as)

w!