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# 1  
Old 05-03-2012
Problem with setting vi as my default editor in ksh
Hi ,

Below is the content of my .profile

Code:
 
$cat .profile
# Workstation users:  Make changes to your .profile file in your home dir.
. /.profile
set -o vi
PS1=$

But anytime I login I have to source "set -o vi" separately.Please suggest
# 2  
Old 05-03-2012
It may be aborting because the syntax for the sourced profile is pointing to a file that doesn't exist. This line
Code:
. /.profile

is looking in the root folder. It probably needs to be
Code:
. ~/.profile

# 3  
Old 05-03-2012
This would lead to an endless loop. Possibly there is a system-wide profile /.profile. You might try this:
Code:
[[ -r /.profile ]] && . /.profile
set -o vi 
PS1=$

# 4  
Old 05-03-2012
Hi Thomas/hfreyer,

Thanks for your response.

The file .profile in my home directory is getting sourced properly .

As I login I think the /.profile of root gets sourced gets sourced first

Code:
. /.profile

and then whatever i have mentioned below

Code:
 
set -o vi 
PS1=$

My Prompt which should be the Directory path by default is changed to $ after I login. If I remove "PS1=$" from my .profile it changes to <Directory name>

By someway its not setting the vi editor . Correct me if I am wrong.
# 5  
Old 05-03-2012
This is the correct way to set vi in a .profile:
Code:
# Set up the shell variables you use here:
        EDITOR=vi
        export EDITOR

now
Code:
export EDITOR=vi

is acceptable
# 6  
Old 05-03-2012
Hi Vbe,

Thanks for the reply,But still no luck.

Code:
 
$cat .profile
# Workstation users:  Make changes to your .profile file in your home dir.
. /.profile
EDITOR=vi
export EDITOR
PS1=$
alias dir='cd /ford/mksc01/site_cons/sc_work/RRAMESHS/'

I validate as follows. After login I do a Esc[k] in my command line to get my previous commands . I am still not getting them.

In the command line I do a

Code:
 
set -o vi

and the do a Esc[k] I can get my previous commands one by one.

Thanks
Ramesh
# 7  
Old 05-03-2012
Code:
 set -o vi

is what you would type in interactive mode to set vi ...
Since you are using ksh, you could modify your .profile so you can use a .kshrc file:
Code:
# Set up the shell variables you use here:
        EDITOR=vi
        export EDITOR

        ENV=$HOME/.kshrc
        export ENV

Now in .kshrc you could put all your ksh stuff...
but I will show you how to define vi first:
Code:
set -o vi   # Does that remind you of something?
# but what follows is the standard way to do things:
FCEDIT=/usr/bin/vi
export FCEDIT
HISTFILE=$HOME/.sh_history
export HISTFILE
HISTORY=2048
export HISTORY

now why want to use a .kshrc?
You can enter all your aliases in this file e.g.
Code:
alias rm="rm -i"
alias dir="ll | grep drwx"
alias bell='echo "\007\007\007\007\007\007\007\c"'
alias exe='chmod +x '
alias prot='chmod -w '
alias unpro='chmod +w '

Dont forget to change perms on your file to only you can read-write-execute, nothing fot the others...

What OS are you using?
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