How to quit Vi

Have you ever had the problem of not knowing how to exit VI without restarting your computer? No problem, here’s a very simple solution:

• 1. Press ESCAPE on your keyboard
• 2. Type the following:

:!kill -9 $(ps ax | grep vi | head -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 1)

• 3. Press ENTER on your keyboard

See? It’s not that difficult.