Newbie question, how to "save and exit" in Terminal

[felinoel]

Original issue resolved, see here for current issue.











I was following a guide and it said to save and exit... but it doesn't say how?

http://www.unixmen.com/install-lamp-...erick-meerkat/

Now check if php is working :

$sudo vi /var/www/info.php

and add

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

save and exit

[randrews]

Looks like you used the vi editor to create your file.

You should be able to press [Esc], then ZZ, to "save and close".

[felinoel]

Looks like you used the vi editor to create your file.

You should be able to press [Esc], then ZZ, to "save and close".

When I pres escape nothing happens, when I type zz it just remains like it was, no z's added.

[randrews]

Did you use capital Z's?

vi is... special.

[felinoel]

Did you use capital Z's?

vi is... special.

I used capital Z's I used r's and f's and capitals of those too, it wouldn't let me type anything.

[randrews]

You might want to consider a less mysterious text editor for now, to be honest.

You could use the same command as before to create your file, only instead of "vi" use "nano".

nano /var/www/info.php

[steeldriver]

agreed - use a simpler editor

however if you are already in vi, you can use

ESC
:wq

(ESCape gets you out of insert mode; then "colon w q" for write quit)

[felinoel]

You might want to consider a less mysterious text editor for now, to be honest.

You could use the same command as before to create your file, only instead of "vi" use "nano".

nano /var/www/info.php

I don't know what vi is, I only followed the instructions and did it in the Terminal, if vi runs through the Terminal then idk

agreed - use a simpler editor

however if you are already in vi, you can use

ESC
:wq

(ESCape gets you out of insert mode; then "colon w q" for write quit)

Nothing types, not even a colon, because of this I pressed a bunch of buttons and now it says at the bottom, "search hit TOP, continuing at BOTTOM"

[sandyd]

Press Control+C to get out of any modes.
Type
:w to save
:q to quit

[felinoel]

Press Control+C to get out of any modes.
Type
:w to save
:q to quit

"/var/www/info.php"
"/var/www/info.php" E212: Can't open file for writing
Press ENTER or type command to continue