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Sorry, I do not get it? what is :wq ?

• daeken 12y ago
  It writes and quits in vi(m).
• deleted 12y ago
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• avidas 12y ago
  Write and quit on vi/vim, its quite hilarious to see them actually on code :)
  • rch 12y ago
    Happens to me all the time if I'm in an IDE for some reason.
• girvo 12y ago
  You use that command in Vim to save and exit the file. But as a modal editor, if you're in insert mode, you'll type it into the file as text instead of a command, thus the search here.
• deleted 12y ago
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• iamdev 12y ago
  They're showing how often coders accidentally write ":wq" in their code, which is a common command in vim (save and quit).
• spyspy 12y ago
  It's the method of saving and exiting a text file in Vim. ':' enters command input mode, 'w' writes to disk and 'q' quits the program. These people mistakenly typed and saved it in non-vim-edited text files.
• rzimmerman 12y ago
  In vi it's save (write) then quit vi. But if you're in the wrong mode it just thinks you're typing in the file.