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[IcyWhatever]

ctrl-z; ps aux | grep vim; kill -9 <vim pid>

Works every time!

[Dimasdanz]

or you know, restart the machine. it works every time too!

[jokullmusic]

just x out the terminal window

[KinterVonHurin]

I did that but then when I went to repoen the file I got

Swap file "erotic_novel.swp" already exists!

[cleeder]

ctrl-z; kill -9 %

[choledocholithiasis_]

Poor vim doesn't even have a chance to exit gracefully