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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="VI-SAVING-FILES" name="VI-SAVING-FILES">16.4 Saving
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<p>There are several ways to save files in <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt>. If you want to
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<p>On occasion, you want to save a file that is marked as read-only. You can do this by
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<p>However, there will still be instances where you cannot write the file (for example,
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