what is the command to quit vi even though latest changes have not been saved for this vi call?

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The command to quit vi without saving any changes made during the current editing session is:

:q!

Here, :q means quit, and the exclamation mark ! forces vi to quit even if there are unsaved changes, discarding those changes

. To use this command, first press the Esc key to ensure you are in normal (command) mode, then type :q! and press Enter. This will exit vi immediately without saving any modifications made since the last save or since opening the file