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Name: Lingkai Weng
Date: May 1, 2001 at 06:13:53 Pacific
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How do I save and exit the file after I finished crontab -e? Thanks!



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Name: Stefan
Date: May 1, 2001 at 07:19:15 Pacific
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Depends on what your EDITOR variable is set.
I suppose you use vi. In this case you can
close and save with [ESC]:x[RETURN]


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Name: Sony Lloyd
Date: May 2, 2001 at 12:15:14 Pacific
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well, if you wanna save and quit:
it's "wq" instead of "x":
[ESC]:q Then press [RETURN]


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Response Number 3
Name: Read:pi8o8g5p
Date: May 3, 2001 at 11:54:28 Pacific
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How about:
[ESC]ZZ - also write and quit!


BTW: x do write quit too!


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