Sep 10, 2018 · Recently, I read here about the :wq! command in vim. I don't understand how it can force-write a file without write permissions. This way, theoretically, one would be able to edit root files without

May 24, 2017 · :q - quit :q! - quit without saving :wq - save & quit or write & quit :wq! - same as wq, but force write in case file permissions are readonly :x - write & quit :qa - quit all. useful when multiple files are opened like: vim abc.txt xyz.txt. Exiting from command mode. Press the escape key. You probably have done this already if you are in ...

Jun 22, 2010 · The ! qualifier tells Vim to force the operation. For example, if the file was read-only you would use :w! to write it anyway. If the file was modified and you wanted to quit without saving, you would use :q!. :wq! just means force write and quit in one command.

Mar 10, 2017 · Note that ZZ doesn't do exactly the same as :wq: the latter always saves before quitting, while the former only writes the file when there are unsaved changes. – L3viathan Commented Mar 10, 2017 at 22:01

May 8, 2015 · To quit in this mode, use Ctrl + O followed by :wq Enter. You could also turn off easy mode via :set noinsertmode, and (if you haven't yet given up on Vim) fix the invocation, probably in your Git config (i.e. remove the -y argument from the vim call).

Dec 24, 2015 · Often when I'm finished writing a commit message in VIM, I type :Wq<ENTER> instead of :wq<ENTER> because I'm holding down the shift key to type the colon. This causes VIM to respond with E492: Not an editor command: Wq. This is all fine so far, I just retype :wq<ENTER> to save the commit message and exit VIM. However, the commit does not work ...

:cnoreabbrev wq w<bar>bd :cnoreabbrev q bd These commands instruct Vim to expand the W Q key presses in the command line into w|bd and, similarly, expand Q into bd . See :help key-mapping for more details.

Dec 12, 2012 · I always using :wq to save a file. Today, I came to know that :x can be used to do that. But I didn't notice it in any vi-tutorial or vi-quick-reference. Is there any difference between these two

Aug 4, 2017 · I'm quite new to Vim so I first checked the help.txt file to inform myself about Vim. Here I saw the following: Close this window: Use ":q".

Oct 10, 2012 · A lot of times, when I want to save a file in vim and immediately exit thereafter, I accidentally type :Wq instead of :wq. Vim naturally gives me this error: E492: Not an editor command: Wq I'm