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how store and exit from vi enviroment [closed]

asked 2013-08-04 11:07:06 -0600

baran gravatar image

updated 2013-08-04 11:09:43 -0600

hi my friends

please answer the question:

in command : vi /etc/swift/swift.conf,

i enter:

[swift-hash]

random unique string that can never change (DO NOT LOSE)

swift_hash_path_suffix = fLIbertYgibbitZ.

now i want store and exit from vi enviroment. how can i perform?

thanks

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Closed for the following reason question is off-topic or not relevant by smaffulli
close date 2013-08-05 10:27:15.106334

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answered 2013-08-04 19:03:35 -0600

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:wq

(: goes to the prompt, w for write and q for quit)

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answered 2013-08-05 00:09:09 -0600

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Just expanding on fifieldt's answer, press "esc" (the escape key) and then :x or :wq to save and exit vi or :q! to just exit without saving the changes.

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Nothing happens after changes in the environment, and press esc

baran gravatar imagebaran ( 2013-08-05 22:06:56 -0600 )edit

After pressing "esc", you may notice that you can no more change your file by adding/removing characters to your file, this is the command mode in vi. Please refer to this document to have a quick look into vi: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VimHowto

Jobin gravatar imageJobin ( 2013-08-06 08:10:04 -0600 )edit
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