How do you exit the vi command in the Linux system?
There are multiple ways to exit the vi command in the Linux system.
- Press the ESC key, then type a colon (:) to enter command mode, then type q and press Enter to exit the vi editor.
- If there were any modifications made during the document editing, you can enter command mode by typing a colon (:), then type wq and press Enter to save the changes and exit the vi editor.
- To exit the vi editor without saving changes, you can enter command mode by typing a colon (:), then type q! and press Enter.
- If you wish to force quit without saving changes, you can enter command mode by typing a colon (:) followed by q! and pressing Enter.
- To exit the vi editor and save your changes, you can also press Shift + Z twice in normal mode.
These are some common ways to exit the vi editor, you can choose the appropriate method based on your specific situation.