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:wq! (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

you don't need the ! when you have the w, because your changes already get saved.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

If anything it is dangerous as it will still exit even if changes cannot be saved.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Try editing a file in /etc as a regular user. It happens sometimes and you really want that warning that the write failed.

Anyway, :x is superior. It only writes if there are changes. So, your mtime doesn't change unnecessarily.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

wait people care about the mtime?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I’ve had to do forensics on a rogue change. In finding when and who actually changed the file, mtime can help narrow it down when compared with wtmp.