To open or create a file using Vim, run the following command, then press i
to insert text into it (insert mode):
$ vim file.txt
OR
$ vi file.txt
Once you have modified a file, press [Esc]
shift to the command mode and press :w
and hit [Enter]
as shown below.
To save the file content to a new file named newname, use :w newname
or :x newname
and hit [Enter]
.