Crontab which editor

Keystrokes in this mode do not appear as text on the screen, but are interpreted as commands. You can access the insert mode by entering an appropriate command.

In most cases, this is the i insert or insert key. In this mode, the characters you enter are immediately inserted into the text editor. To enter the command mode, press the ESC key. Help Center. Best answer. Continues to be the answer to go to! Thanks, MostafaShahverdy! Show 6 more comments. This works in CentOS too — machineaddict. Any reason you wouldn't want to use. The select-editor answer below is a better answer — mcarans. My personal preference Dave Dave 3 3 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges.

I love it, worked out well enough for me after update-alternatives didnt work. I wouldn't know what's wrong with nano for admins who don't see value in learning vi commands just to tweak some config files. I guess do whatever you like on your own personal machine. But on a machine shared with anyone else, this suggestion essentially disables nano for all users in a way that when a user specifically requests nano, they get vim instead.

What's the point of that? If they wanted vim, they would ask for it. If the issue here is that the system is configured to automatically invoke nano in some circumstance where you personally prefer vim, then change the configuration. Luke Madhanga Luke Madhanga 3 3 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. Thank you. NormanD NormanD 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. Dennis Bellinger Dennis Bellinger 31 2 2 bronze badges.

To change later, run 'select-editor'. As root? Better use sudo see for instance what are the benefits of sudo over su — Marc Vanhoomissen. Eliah Kagan k 51 51 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Marcos Marcos 3 3 bronze badges.

This worked on my GCE linux ubuntu. Ways to Automatically Execute System Tasks. For Scheduling Repetitive Jobs: crontab. For Scheduling a Single Job: at. Scheduling a Repetitive System Task cron. How the cron Daemon Handles Scheduling. Syntax of crontab File Entries. Displaying crontab Files. How to Display a crontab File. Removing crontab Files. How to Remove a crontab File. Controlling Access to the crontab Command. How to Deny crontab Command Access. How to Verify Limited crontab Command Access.

Using the at Command Task Map. Scheduling a Single System Task at. Description of the at Command. Controlling Access to the at Command. How to Create an at Job. How to Remove at Jobs. How to Deny Access to the at Command. Managing System Crash Information Tasks. Managing Core Files Tasks. Troubleshooting System and Software Problems Tasks.