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minus-squareMiku Luna \ she/it@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·11 months agoyou don’t need the ! when you have the w, because your changes already get saved.
minus-squareraptir@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoIf anything it is dangerous as it will still exit even if changes cannot be saved.
minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoTry 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.
minus-squareMiku Luna \ she/it@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agowait people care about the mtime?
you don’t need the
!when you have thew, because your changes already get saved.If anything it is dangerous as it will still exit even if changes cannot be saved.
Try editing a file in
/etcas a regular user. It happens sometimes and you really want that warning that the write failed.Anyway,
:xis superior. It only writes if there are changes. So, your mtime doesn’t change unnecessarily.wait people care about the mtime?