Can I create a new file, and open it in a new tab in a single command?

Question

Simple question, with Vim can I create a new file, and open it in a new tab in one command?

At the moment I am:

• :new to create a new file
• :tab split to get this file into a new tab
• :tabp to go back to the previous tab
• :q to close the other instance of the file
• :tabn to go to my new file

Bit of a mouthful for what would in other text editors be a single action, is this possible?

Thanks

Answer 1

Maybe this is what you are looking for:

:tabe[dit] {filename}

Of course, {filename} can also be an existing file.