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Contemplate your career choice and cry yourself to sleep. It won't exit you out of Vim but it'll lessen the pain
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Multiple ways to exit Vim:
Get a new PC.
Burn your PC at stake.
You don't.
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:q to quit (short for :quit)
:q! to quit without saving (short for :quit!)
:wq to write and quit
:wq! to write and quit even if file has only read permission (if file does not have write permission: force write)
:x to write and quit (similar to :wq, but only write if there are changes)
:exit to write and exit (same as :x)
:qa to quit all (short for :quitall)
:cq to quit without saving and make Vim return non-zero error (i.e. exit with error)
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press ESC to go into command mode then
exit without saving
:q
exit without saving if you made changes
:q!
for saving and quitting
:wq
hope that helps
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#Press 'Esc' to change from Edit Mode to Command Mode
#Exit
:q
#Force quit without saving
:q!
#Save file and quit
:wq
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:qa Close all files
:qa! Close all files, abandon changes
:w Save
:wq / :x Save and close file
:q Close file
:q! Close file, abandon changes
ZZ Save and quit
ZQ Quit without checking changes