How to change default crontab editor

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Run from a command line:

export EDITOR=/bin/vi
export VISUAL=vi

or

export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim
export VISUAL=vim

or

export EDITOR=/bin/nano
export VISUAL=nano

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2 comments on “How to change default crontab editor”

  1. there is also a file setting this (at least on Ubuntu)

    “`
    cat > $HOME/.selected_editor <<EOF
    SELECTED_EDITOR="/usr/local/bin/vim"
    EOF

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