Name
write
Synopsis
[address
] w[!] [[>>]file
]
Write lines specified by address to
file, or write full contents of buffer if
address is not specified. If
file is also omitted, save the contents of
the buffer to the current filename. If >>
file is
used, append lines to the end of the specified
file. Add a !
to force the editor to write over any
current contents of file.
Examples
:1,10w name_list Copy first 10 lines to file name_list :50w >> name_listNow append line 50
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