How can I load the right hand pane of vim with a new file in linux?

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I want to compare two files(say A and B) side by side(vertically) in in Vim. I open one of those two files(say A) and as per this answer in this site issue a Ctrl+w v . Now both the panels are showing contents of file A. How can I see the contents of A in the left had side and B in the right hand side ? I am using Red Hat Linux if that matters .

From the command line, i.e. if you don't have a vim open already: vimdiff file1 file2. If you don't actually need vimdiff, then vim -O file1 file2. — jw013, Feb 28 '13 at 16:02

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '13 at 14:08

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You can skip Ctrl+w v and just do:

:vert diffsplit <other_filename>

answered Feb 28 '13 at 14:08

otokan

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '13 at 14:06

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You must switch panes in vim and then open a new file.

Switch panes with CTRL+W+W.

Once the cursor is in the new pane, open a new file by entering the vim command line and using the open file command.

:e /some/file/name

answered Feb 28 '13 at 14:06

George M

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How can I load the right hand pane of vim with a new file in linux?

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