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There are other ways too, but these are the most commonly used and easiest to use. Now you know how to save, and save and quit out of vim. VIM is a powerful text editor, but you can use it for other stuff too, like creating a password protected text file to function as a journal, diary, or credential file or whatever else you’d find a locked text file for. Or you can always just launch your Terminal, type vim, hit return, and perform your own crash course. The ‘vimtutor’ command can also help you along. If you’re new to VIM and want to learn more, there’s a well-done online VIM interactive tutorial at. VIM/VI can be a bit of a confounding mystery if you’re new to using it, but like anything else once you learn a few basics you’ll be more comfortable with it. Note the colon and not semi-colon, as : puts you into command mode and then wq (write and quit) is the command used to save and exit out of vim/vi. You can also use command mode to save and quit in one command: Put MacVim.app in your application, which is the /Applications directory (must be put in the application directory, otherwise terminal call: mvim will not.
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How to Save File Without Quitting in VI or VIM Similarly you can use ZQ to quit vim/vi in general, but without saving the file. You’ll immediately save the current file and exit out of vi/VIM with ZZ. Press the ESC key, then hold the Shift key then press Z twice.Note the capitalization, which means the save and quit command is executed by pressing Escape, then holding the Shift key then pressing Z twice, thus:
If I type mvim jIf in Terminal I type out the whole file name, mvim jderberg.txt, everything is fine.
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The file opens, but the statusline displays jaderberg.txt.
The simplest way to both save and quit out of VI or VIM is with a keyboard shortcut ZZ. Now I run MacVim from Terminal by typing mvim j