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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="VI-QUITTING-VI" name="VI-QUITTING-VI">16.5 Quitting vi</a></h1>
<p>One way to quit <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> is through <b class="KEYCAP">:wq</b>,
which will save the current buffer before quitting. You can also quit without saving with
<b class="KEYCAP">:q</b> or (more commonly) <b class="KEYCAP">:q!</b>. The latter is used
when you've modified the file but do not wish to save any changes to it.</p>
<p>On occasion, your machine might crash or <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> might crash.
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<p>This temporary file gets removed once the editor quits under normal conditions. This
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