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Create a file under the cursor in Vim

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Mar 15, 20263773 views
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Problem

I have a list of files How do I create a file with file2.ext name if my cursor is inside file2.ext. Kind of like only for creating new files (this is a hypothetical situation, just thought might be helpful someday).

Error Output

file1.ext
file2.ext
...

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Fix for: Create a file under the cursor in Vim

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The first thing that comes to my mind is to use the command with the filename under the cursor as an argument: But there is a pure Vim solution that is portable across platforms. The built-in function writes the contents of a list to a file, line by…

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