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How do I exit vim? (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] erev 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

:x will save and exit. The difference between :x and :wq is that the latter will always write to the buffer, while the former will only do so if theres a change.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Sup. And ZZ is like :x, write only if change was made.