You can use buffers to work with multiple files. When you open a file using
:e path/to/file
it opens in a new buffer (the command means edit the file). New buffer that holds a temporary copy of the file.
You can go to previous buffer with :bp[rev]
and next buffer with :bn[ext]
.
You can go to a particular buffer with b{n}
to go to nth buffer. b2
goes to second buffer.
Use :ls
or :buffers
to list all buffers