Rajneesh's Logbook: [vi/vim] Save on Exit

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

I see a lot of people using 'wq' a lot but never a form 'x'.
In vi and vim, if you want to save and exit with a simple key stroke simply use:
:x

Anonymous said...: Thanks for this. I'm definitely one of those people that uses :wq all the time. It doesn't even feel like an extra keystroke anymore!; Friday, March 6, 2009 at 11:57:00 AM GMT+5:30
AnjanBacchuDev said...: thank you.

I think that I forgot this command for about 15 years.

BR,
~A; Friday, March 6, 2009 at 1:49:00 PM GMT+5:30
Jimmy said...: Why use :x when ZZ is easier?; Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 9:11:00 AM GMT+5:30
Scott said...: Thanks. I didn't even know how to save a file in vi. I always just use :q! to get out and use pico, but ESX has no pico :(

Thanks.; Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 12:27:00 AM GMT+5:30
Unknown said...: You can also use ZZ, which is even shorter then :x; Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 6:15:00 AM GMT+5:30
nprasanna said...: you can use :xa to save and close multiple files; Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 4:30:00 PM GMT+5:30