Closing a VI connecting via apple terminal

[AnthroAndStargate]

Do any of you linux/unix heads know how to exit VI under a terminal ssh session with a remote linux box?

im stuck in vi and cant get out! when i press esc and type qi! then press enter it does nothing.

any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!

 

[aphex]

Did you try

:wq!

 

[bearxor]

Are you getting an error that says E492: Not an editor command: qi!

Because 'i' is not a valid vi command.

Reminder:
quit - : q (except together)
write and quit - :wq
force write and quit - :wq!

 

[Modeps]

Just use pico

 

[Nothinman]

im stuck in vi and cant get out! when i press esc and type qi! then press enter it does nothing.

It really depends on what you did. It might not even be a vi problem, for example most terminals take ctrl+q to enable xon which usually freezes the window. If you hit ctrl+s it'll resume output and everything you've banged on in frustration will happen.

Just use pico

He probably wants to exit vi first...