How to save a file in vi

The easier way — use nano as your command line text editor. For most users nano will do everything you want, and the most commonly used commands are listed at the bottom of the screen. I prefer nano as well for most things. The learning curve for vim is significant and as you said requires memorizing a lot of commands. Name required.

Mail will not be published required. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. Enjoy this tip? Subscribe to our newsletter! This will save the changes and exit. Alternatively, a command that will also save a file and exit the text editor is:. Type : colon. This will open the prompt bar in the bottom left corner of the window. Type w after the colon and hit Enter. This will save in Vim the changes made to the file, without exiting.

Type q! The more comfortable you feel using keyboard shortcuts, the more you will understand why Vim earned its worldwide reputation. Next learn how to copy and paste in Vim! Was this article helpful? Sofija Simic. In the above methods, you learned about save files and quit from vim editor.

There are some other methods to handle other scenarios. There are a lot of editors like Nano, gedit, Jed editor, etc. In this article, we learn how to install the VIM editor as well as how we can exit the editor either by saving or without saving the file. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

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