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Operating Systems AIX VI command not working Post 303010496 by ZekesGarage on Tuesday 2nd of January 2018 10:15:07 AM
Old 01-02-2018
VI command not working
Hello all,
I've got a production system that the DBA complained that the vi command was no longer working for the oracle service account for a particular instance. When I logged in as myself, I noticed that it wasn't working for my user either.
When invoked, it just returns to the prompt with an error code of 1. When I run it with sudo it works as expected.
Code:
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$vi test.txt
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$echo $?
1
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$sudo vi test.txt
Password:
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$echo $?
0
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$

There don't appear to be any aliases or other redirects, since when I run
Code:
/usr/bin/vi test.txt

I get the same result.

Is there a way to trace the reason I'm getting an exit code of 1 for the process?
 

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pwd

PWD(1)							    BSD General Commands Manual 						    PWD(1)

NAME

     pwd -- return working directory name

SYNOPSIS

     pwd [-LP]

DESCRIPTION

     The pwd utility writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to the standard output.

     Some shells may provide a builtin pwd command which is similar or identical to this utility.  Consult the builtin(1) manual page.

     The options are as follows:

     -L      Display the logical current working directory.

     -P      Display the physical current working directory (all symbolic links resolved).

     If no options are specified, the -P option is assumed.

ENVIRONMENT

     Environment variables used by pwd:

     PWD  Logical current working directory.

DIAGNOSTICS

     The pwd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

STANDARDS

     The pwd utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').

SEE ALSO

     builtin(1), cd(1), csh(1), sh(1), getcwd(3)

BUGS

     In csh(1) the command dirs is always faster because it is built into that shell.  However, it can give a different answer in the rare case
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     The -L option does not work unless the PWD environment variable is exported by the shell.

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