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:w write to disk
ZZ write to disk and exit
:q! exit without writing to disk
Actually, the command for quitting vi is :q. You can save and
quit by typing :wq but ZZ does the same thing[+] and takes one less keystroke. If there are unsaved changes to the
text and you try to quit using :q, vi will warn you that you
have unsaved changes and will prevent you from quitting. In order to quit
without saving the changes you must use the override switch, !.