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I edited the .profile file to add a new PATH. I believe I set it wrong such that most commands become unavailable. Since I can't use ls or vi commands to edit .profile again, any idea how I can correct the error? Thanks!

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This seems more like a superuser.com question. Anyway, I would try to fix it by using the full path of vi to edit your .profile.

/usr/bin/vi /home/username/.profile
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You can search for vi executable and run it directly. It is usually /usr/bin/vi

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You can also rename the .profile and relogon to get defaults back.

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