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Old 03-31-2004
how to save files?

i just typed out a letter but want to hang on to it i typed it out in vi and was wondering how to save and exit from it? also how do you S&E from emacs since those are the two editors i mainly use any help would be appreciated
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Old 03-31-2004
to save in vi do

ESC -> :x <filename>

that will save and exit vi.
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Old 04-01-2004
when you enter the command mode, you can also use w option to write into the file, and vi could automaticly save it.
 
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