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Setting nano as default editor
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README.md

How to

Automatically

cat <<EOF >>~/.bash_profile
export VISUAL="nano"
export EDITOR="nano"
EOF

Done! Exit then login again or run

source ~/.bash_profile

Manually

  1. Go to current user home directory ~

  2. Create file .bash_profile or open it, if it's already there

  3. Add lines

    export VISUAL="nano"
export EDITOR="nano"

  4. Done! Exit then login again or run

    source ~/.bash_profile
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mjamesd commented May 16, 2023

Instead of exiting and logging in again, you can run source ~/.bashrc.

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Instead of exiting and logging in again, you can run source ~/.bashrc.

Updated it!

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