: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).
You can also type
:x
to 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. :)
: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 exitvim
probably doesn’t want to save whatever modifications they made (probably by mistake).