So you were following a coding tutorial and somehow you got stuck in vi
or vim
.
Have no fear, you too can exit VI/VIM
today.
- Hit your
esc
key, to enter NORMAL mode - Type a colon
:
, putting you in Command Line Mode - Type
wq
to save,:q!
to exit without saving
psst… There’s other ways to exit vim
too, for the pros in the room:
:q - "Please Quit, I already saved."
:wq! - "Save and quit, damnit!"
:x - "Save and Quit for me."
:exit - "Exit and save please."
ZZ - "Quit vim."
So as you can see, the developers knew that people would get stuck in vi/vim
so they gave us 37.9 million ways to get out.
Have a great day, and long live vim
!