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Are vimrc and viminfo the same files but with different names?

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Mar 15, 202640499 views
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Are and the same files but with different names? In every tutorial there are advices to change , but I don't have this file, only . Are they the same?

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They are not the same. The vimrc is the file you edit to change vim's behavior. It is a the configuration file. The viminfo is like a cache, to store cut buffers persistently, and other things. From the docs ( ): In other words, Vim writes this file…

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