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# Splitting For New Files

Let's assume you already have a vim session open. You now want to open a new file. You can open a new horizontally split window with the `:new` command. Alternatively, if you'd like the new window to open with a vertical split, you can use the `:vnew` command.

See `:new` and `:vnew` for more details.