Unable to change the default editor in terminal

Question

My default editor is pico at my server. I use Bash and Linux.

I tried to change Vim to be my default editor unsuccessfully by

echo vim > $EDITOR
         


        

Answer 1

Since things have changed in MAC X you will have to add following in .profile file in base directory of the user

export EDITOR='vim'

you can follow following instructions:

1> open terminal

2> type - cd  [hit return/enter (this will take you to base directory)]

3> type - echo "export EDITOR='vim'" >> .profile (hit return/enter and you are done)

4>  (restart terminal)

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OR just type:

echo "export EDITOR='vim'" >> ~/.profile

hit enter and restart