How to make nano or vim as default editor for a crontab file?

steitieh

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I want to open a crontab file using nano editor instead of using vim editor when I run this command "crontab -e". I am not familiar with vim editor, I tried to remember its commands but could not do more.
 

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I want to open a crontab file using nano editor instead of using vim editor when I run this command "crontab -e". I am not familiar with vim editor, I tried to remember its commands but could not do more.
yum install nano

nano /etc/bashrc

add this line at the bottom:

export EDITOR="nano"

Close your current putty session and restart another one and you will be done.
 

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I do not use permanent solution and I prefer temporary command.

Type:
export EDITOR=nano

And then type crontab -e - It will open in nano editor.


I created a alias command, Means instead of typing "export EDITOR=", I created my own alias command and I type only "ex" (without quota) and then I can open cron file in nano editor. You can do this same.
 

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In CentOS, by default editor is nano. Also, you can directly edit cron file from /var/spool/cron/user_name_file.
 
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