vi editor on CYGWIN

Shell Programming and Scripting
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vi editor is not working on CYGWIN.Please let me know how to make that work as soon as possible.My work is getting delayed due to this problem.

2

'not working' isn't very descriptive. Details?

3

I tried to create a file using the command vi <filename> on CYGWIN but it is not working.Please help me with the solution.

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I tried to create a file using the command vi <filename> on CYGWIN but it is not working.Please help me with the solution..Please help me with the solution.

4

Again, "not working" tells us nothing useful.

What exactly happens? The file isn't created? You get an error message? What?

5

I am getting error message like

bash: vi: command not found

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Hi,

I think, you haven't choosed vi(as an install option) while installing Cygwin.
You can try,

emacs file

if you want to only read the files, then you can

less file
cat file

.

Cheers,
Ranga :slight_smile: