[SOLVED] Vim: can he tell me the name of the file he is editing?

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[SOLVED] Vim: can he tell me the name of the file he is editing?

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08-04-2010, 10:07 PM	#1
stf92 Senior Member Registered: Apr 2007 Location: Buenos Aires. Distribution: Slackware Posts: 4,442 Rep:	Vim: can he tell me the name of the file he is editing? Kernel 2.6.21.5, GNU (Slackware 12.0). VIM 7.1 Hi: If so, what is the command? Regards.

08-04-2010, 10:41 PM	#2
ghostdog74 Senior Member Registered: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,697 Blog Entries: 5 Rep:	try :f
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08-04-2010, 10:45 PM	#3
stf92 Senior Member Registered: Apr 2007 Location: Buenos Aires. Distribution: Slackware Posts: 4,442 Original Poster Rep:	Thanks. I tried and it worked. I'll add it to my (yet incipient) vim wisdom. Regards.

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