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Old 06-12-2009
Terminal too wide error in vi editor.
Hello,
I get the error "Terminal too wide" when I use vi editor on a Solaris 10 box. Please help.

bash-2.05$ vi rman_backup_prd571.log_20090611
Terminal too wide
:q
1 more file to edit:q

Regards,
Mahive.
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Old 06-12-2009
run this before you use vi:

Code:
/usr/openwin/bin/resize

and try the forum search function before asking. this problem is well discussed inside many threads!
 
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