:x for write and quit. But I think the more appropriate one in this situation will be :q! which will force quit without saving any modifications, since someone who doesn’t know how to exit vim probably doesn’t want to save whatever modifications they made (probably by mistake).
If you accidentally open ‘vi’, an escape sequence is ‘:wq’
You can also type
:xto write and quit. Just imaging the amount of time saved not pressing one extra letter. ^Could save your life.^Good catch!
This is where the critical Linux adoption advice is happening. :)
:xfor write and quit. But I think the more appropriate one in this situation will be:q!which will force quit without saving any modifications, since someone who doesn’t know how to exitvimprobably doesn’t want to save whatever modifications they made (probably by mistake).