Is it possible to edit the corntab using vi

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Is it possible to edit the corntab using vi..

Answer / sbrahman75

It is not recommended but it is possible by editing

# vi /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root

The command to edit the crontab is

#crontab -e

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Is it possible to edit the corntab using vi..

Answer / baskar

The command to edit the crontab is
#crontab -e
Check that the EDITOR variable is set to the editor you want
to use. This instructs the cron utility to use to open the file.
#EDITOR=vi
#export EDITOR
now you can use crontab -e to edit the crontab

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