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Old 16th December 2009, 13:23
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hi all i have a centos 5.4 web server in the makeing and when iam in command prop and i edit a file how do i save i tryed Ctrl S and Ctrl Q and it dont save
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Old 16th December 2009, 16:37
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what are you using for editing ? if you are using vi it does not understand those key strokes.
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Old 16th December 2009, 16:40
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ok thats why then so how do i go about it then
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Old 16th December 2009, 16:42
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Code:
:wq
to save and quit
Code:
:w
to save
Code:
:q!
to quit without saving
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Old 16th December 2009, 16:45
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More info

http://people.cis.ksu.edu/~bhoward/vi/vi60.html
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/text_editing/vi.html
http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html
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Old 16th December 2009, 16:49
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cool thinks bro
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