[address]w[!] [[>>]file]
Write lines specified by
address
to
file
, or write full contents of buffer if
address
is not specified. If
file
is also omitted, save the contents of the buffer to the current filename. If
>>
file
is used, write contents to the end of an existing
file
. The
!
flag forces the editor to write over any current contents of
file
.