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    Creating and Editing A New File With Vim: Goal

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    Creating and Editing A New File With Vim: Goal

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    The document provides instructions for creating and editing a new file using Vim. It details how to open a new file called "myday.txt" in Vim, enter insert mode to add text about the start of one's day and things one is grateful for, escape back to normal mode, save and close the file with ":wq", and reopen the file to verify the contents were saved.

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    Creating and Editing A New File With Vim: Goal

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    The document provides instructions for creating and editing a new file using Vim. It details how to open a new file called "myday.txt" in Vim, enter insert mode to add text about the start of one's day and things one is grateful for, escape back to normal mode, save and close the file with ":wq", and reopen the file to verify the contents were saved.

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    Creating and Editing a New File with Vim

    Goal:

    The goal of this exercise is to practice creating files and editing them in vim. You'll also practice
    changing between the normal mode, insert mode, and command mode. During this practice
    exercise you will create a new file with vim, insert some text into that file, and save it.

    Instructions:

    Create a file

    First, start a command line session on your local machine. Next, use vim to edit a new file named
    myday.txt. To do that type, "​vim myday.txt​" at the command line and press <ENTER>.

    vim myday.txt

    Enter insert mode

    You now have a new file opened and you're placed into normal mode. Press lowercase ​i​ to enter
    the insert mode.

    Add some text to the file

    Next, start typing. Write a few sentences about the beginning of your day. If you make a mistake
    while you're typing, you can press the backspace key to correct any errors.

    Continue adding text to the file

    Continue adding text to the file by typing three things you're grateful for. Once you're done typing,
    press Escape to enter normal mode.

    Save the file

    Next save your changes. You should already be in normal mode, but if you're not sure you can also
    press the Escape key again to be sure you are in normal mode. Next, type ​:wq<ENTER>​ to save the
    file and exit vim.

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    Verify the file was saved

    You can verify that you've saved your changes by looking at the contents of the file. One way to do
    that is to use the vim editor to open the file. Type ​vim myday.txt<ENTER>​.

    vim myday.txt

    You'll now see what you typed and saved into the file. Because we aren't making any changes and
    don't want to save any changes, we can exit with ​:q!<ENTER>​.

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