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Old 07-27-2011
bash:vi:command not found
I downloaded and installed "Cygwin yesterday onto my PC running Windows XP. When I tried to type "vi" in Cygwin's window, I got the following message bash: vi: Command not found

What shud i do inorder to get into vi editor

Thanks
# 2  
Old 07-27-2011
Try

/usr/bin/vi

Looks like your path isn't setup in your profile
# 3  
Old 07-27-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by william1872
Try

/usr/bin/vi

Looks like your path isn't setup in your profile

Well, it displayed the following message
bash: /usr/bin/vi: No such file or directory
# 4  
Old 07-27-2011
On my cygwin install, I have a soft link in /usr/bin for vi which links to vim.

Code:
 
/usr/bin/vi -> vim.exe

# 5  
Old 07-27-2011
ok,

Looks like it didn't install then with the setup, perhaps try re-running the setup this time choosing vi under setup, I haven't used Cygwin for some time myself.
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# 6  
Old 07-27-2011
Before you re-install, just see if you have vim and, if so, add the softlink.
# 7  
Old 07-27-2011
Try find / -name 'vi' -not -path "/cygdrive*" 2>/dev/null (guessing on the '-not' bit to avoid searching in your windows drives -- if this doesn't work, just do find / -name 'vi' 2>/dev/null and wait a lot longer for it to complete) to search through your root filesystem for a file named 'vi'.
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