Vi / Vim Save And Quit The Editor Command

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Originally published at: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-vim-save-and-quit-command/

I am a new vi / vim text editor user. How do I quit the vi editor and save my changes under a Linux or Unix like operating systems? Can you tell me command to save and quit file in vim?

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  1. I press Escape key
  2. Type :
  3. To save and exit vim, enter wq!

:wq! is forceful save and exit vim command.