To Change the default editor for crontab

In Ubuntu the default editor for crontab is Nano.

we can change this by executing the following  command:

i.e. sudo update-alternatives –config editor

After executing  this command we can see like this

There are 4 alternatives which provide `editor’.

Selection    Alternative
———————————————–
1    /usr/bin/vim.tiny
2    /bin/ed
*+        3    /bin/nano
4    /usr/bin/vim.basic

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 1

Now we can select the editor by just typing the corresponding number.

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