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## 3.12.8 Editing another file

To edit another file, use the `:e` command. For example, to stop editing `test`, and edit the file `foo` instead, use the command

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If you use `:e` without saving the file first, you'll get the error message

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which simply means that `vi` doesn't want to edit another file until you save the first one. At this point, you can use `:w` to save the original file, and then use `:e`, or you can use the command

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The ```!`'' tells `vi` that you really mean it---edit the new file without saving changes to the first.

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