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I ran crontab -e and made some changes, now how do I save it?

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Reset to default
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That depends on the editor you run. contab -e uses the editor specified in the environment variable $EDITOR. Mostprobably it's vi or nano.

  • In vi press esc to switch to the command mode, then type :wq to write (w) and quit (q).
  • In nano press ctrl+x, then press y for yes and provide a filename before pressing Enter.
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  • You have to press escape first with vi
    – DavidPostill ♦
    Nov 12, 2014 at 9:21
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    Nov 13, 2014 at 11:08
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when editing it after finishing press esc, then type

:wq

and press enter, that will save the crontab and exit

or just

:w

will save it

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    You have to press escape first with vi
    – DavidPostill ♦
    Nov 12, 2014 at 9:21
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This is problem of editor

export EDITOR=nano

Try running this command & then 

crontab -e

It solved my problem.

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To save when done editing in crontab editing, press ESC, then hold exactly CTRL+SHIFT+:

then write wq! press enter to save.

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