Display name of the current file in vim?

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Drew LeSueur picture Drew LeSueur · Nov 6, 2010 · Viewed 76.2k times · Source

How do you display the filename of the file you are working on in vim?

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smilingthax picture smilingthax · Nov 6, 2010

:f (:file) will do same as <C-G>. :f! will give a untruncated version, if applicable.

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