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Exiting the file explorer in vim

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I know to enter the file explorer in vim( by typing :e .). I am not sure how to exit the file explorer in vim. I typed :q and it gave me a segmentation fault. What should be the correct way to exit the file explorer in vim?

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answered 2 Years ago restlerfin · Accepted Answer

:q should work just as fine with the "file explorer" as with any other open buffers. A segmentation fault suggests there's a serious bug in the version of vim you are using (or it could be a kernel bug or faulty RAM).

I tried this myself, but did not get a segmentation fault.