How to exit VIM? 4 simple ways

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VIM is one of the best pieces of software ever created. But the way you are supposed to exit it can be a major PITA. Of course, only if you don't know how to do it. Here are four ways of exiting VIM with and without saving your work.

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Saved my life man! I only had console access to a VM through its hypervisor and there was no key to type the colon. ALT+ASCII wouldn't work either. I didn't know ZZ would do the trick. I was able to map the MACs with their interface properly with that trick to regain remote access. Thanks a lot!

adalamilton

I used Unix for the first time 33 years ago. I hated vi because it was so cryptic. I learned it and it became my editor of choice. Before Unix I worked on DEC systems, the best I had known. But Unix, later Linux was just so much better, more lean and quick.
I love vi. 😁😊💪

rjung_ch

I don't think you need the "!" after the ":wq". You only need it when you are NOT saving (ie: ":q!") to confirm that you really want to quit without writing. Saving the world...one keystroke at a time!

sgilb

These commands bring up memories from the early 90’s.
The UNIX vi editor…

bertbeinaaf

I prefer nano. Much simpler more minimalist. Cheers mate!😊🍻

mariofpv

and my friend told me that i surely wouldn't know how its done

patrick

you missed the 3rd way of exiting and saving.... ":x" :D

WXCB

What's going on with your fpv Channel?

highwaymen

and the best way to have a room of proud sysadmins to start questioning their sanity is to change keyboard layout to one of those where Y and Z is reversed and :/; is accented character, ie. infamous POLSKI MASZYNISTKI

one day we're closing tasks like usual when manager asks aloud:
"gentelman, how do I close vi?"
there was a lot of snickering until each one of us tried it on his computer:

:wq - nope, that's not working as it used to work everyday for past decade, with keyboard map changed vi just gets Łwq, so nothing starting from : was working (or echoing on the screen)

ZZ - nope, with that keyboard map it just yanks the line, the Y and Z are reversed

ps wx, kill, ssh to different system. rm ~/.vi - none of those required Z or Y pressed, we trully were lost

I think there were five of us, with about half of a century of combined experience, just generating trully random sequences for ten minutes.
not to brag but I solved it on \d\dth try by forgeting Esc before ZZ and finally seeing what does that key really puts

grzbiet

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