Vim's command to create a new file with the same content of any other file

Say, there is a file first.txt and I want to make a new file second.txt with the same content of first.txt, is there a direct command in Vim to do that?

I don't want to first create second.txt and then copy the content of first.txt.

3 Answers

Just open first.txt and run the command:

:w second.txt

Although the straightforward simple answer has already been posted, I offer a fun and instructive alternative:

:!cp "%" second.txt

Alternatively, open the first file, then do :saveas second.txt.