How to save vim without exiting in linux

In Linux, vim can use the ":w" or ":w!" command to save the file without exiting. vim is a text editor in Linux. The ":w" command can be used to save the file directly without exiting. To exit editing, use the ":w!" command to force save the file when the file is read-only without exiting editing. "!" means forced.

#The operating environment of this tutorial: linux7.3 system, Dell G3 computer.

How to save vim in Linux without exiting

• :w - Save the file without exiting the editor

• :w! - Force save the file without exiting the editor

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Vim is developed from vi a text editor. It is particularly rich in functions that facilitate programming, such as code completion, compilation, and error jumping, and is widely used among programmers.

To put it simply, vi is an old-fashioned word processor, but its functions are already very complete, but there is still room for improvement. vim can be said to be a very useful tool for program developers.

Basically, vi/vim is divided into three modes, namely command mode (Command mode), input mode (Insert mode) and bottom line command mode (Last line mode). The functions of these three modes are:

Command mode:

The user has just started vi/vim and entered the command mode.

In this state, keystrokes will be recognized by Vim as commands instead of character input. For example, if we press i at this time, we will not enter a character. i is treated as a command.

The following are some commonly used commands:

i Switch to input mode to enter characters.

x Delete the character at the current cursor position.

: Switch to bottom line command mode to enter commands on the bottom line.

If you want to edit text: Start Vim, enter command mode, press i to switch to input mode.

The command mode only has some of the most basic commands, so you still have to rely on the bottom line command mode to enter more commands.

Input mode

Press i in command mode to enter input mode.

In the input mode, you can use the following keys:

• character keys and Shift combination to enter the characters

• ENTER, Enter key, line feed

• BACK SPACE, backspace key, delete the character before the cursor

• DEL, delete key, delete the character after the cursor Character

• arrow keys, move the cursor in the text

• HOME/END, move the cursor to the beginning/end of the line

• Page Up/Page Down, page up/down

• Insert, switch the cursor to input/replace mode, the cursor will become a vertical line/underline

• ESC, exit input mode and switch to command mode

Bottom line command mode

In command mode Press: (English colon) to enter the bottom line command mode.

Bottom line command mode allows you to enter single or multiple character commands, and there are many available commands.

In the bottom line command mode, the basic commands are (the colon has been omitted):

• q Exit the program

• w Save file

##Expand knowledge

• :w - Save the file without exiting editing

• :wq - Save the file without exiting editing

• :w! - Forcefully save the file without exiting the editor

• :wq! - Forcefully save the file without exiting the editor

• :w file - save the changes to file without exiting the editor

• :q - exit the editor without saving the file

• :q! - no Save the file and force quit editing

• :e - discard all changes (from the last time the file was saved)

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