Unable to get out from crontab command












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I am using a fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Whenever I type:



sudo crontab -e


OR



sudo -u www-data crontab -e


The command prints some number and nothing else.
And whatever you do to try to exit from it, by any means, you are not able to do.



Questions




  • First of all, How to exit from above command? I am just stuck.

  • Why the command is not showing the crontab entries?

  • How to make the above command to show crontab entries?









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  • What is your default editor? -e == edit using your chosen editor, so it sounds like you've just chosen an editor that you don't know (or the default from a fresh installation doesn't suit you and you should change it). man crontab and search '-e' for info on changing it. PLEASE don't CROSS POST your request for help!

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    1 min ago


















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I am using a fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Whenever I type:



sudo crontab -e


OR



sudo -u www-data crontab -e


The command prints some number and nothing else.
And whatever you do to try to exit from it, by any means, you are not able to do.



Questions




  • First of all, How to exit from above command? I am just stuck.

  • Why the command is not showing the crontab entries?

  • How to make the above command to show crontab entries?









share























  • What is your default editor? -e == edit using your chosen editor, so it sounds like you've just chosen an editor that you don't know (or the default from a fresh installation doesn't suit you and you should change it). man crontab and search '-e' for info on changing it. PLEASE don't CROSS POST your request for help!

    – guiverc
    1 min ago
















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I am using a fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Whenever I type:



sudo crontab -e


OR



sudo -u www-data crontab -e


The command prints some number and nothing else.
And whatever you do to try to exit from it, by any means, you are not able to do.



Questions




  • First of all, How to exit from above command? I am just stuck.

  • Why the command is not showing the crontab entries?

  • How to make the above command to show crontab entries?









share














I am using a fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Whenever I type:



sudo crontab -e


OR



sudo -u www-data crontab -e


The command prints some number and nothing else.
And whatever you do to try to exit from it, by any means, you are not able to do.



Questions




  • First of all, How to exit from above command? I am just stuck.

  • Why the command is not showing the crontab entries?

  • How to make the above command to show crontab entries?







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  • What is your default editor? -e == edit using your chosen editor, so it sounds like you've just chosen an editor that you don't know (or the default from a fresh installation doesn't suit you and you should change it). man crontab and search '-e' for info on changing it. PLEASE don't CROSS POST your request for help!

    – guiverc
    1 min ago





















  • What is your default editor? -e == edit using your chosen editor, so it sounds like you've just chosen an editor that you don't know (or the default from a fresh installation doesn't suit you and you should change it). man crontab and search '-e' for info on changing it. PLEASE don't CROSS POST your request for help!

    – guiverc
    1 min ago



















What is your default editor? -e == edit using your chosen editor, so it sounds like you've just chosen an editor that you don't know (or the default from a fresh installation doesn't suit you and you should change it). man crontab and search '-e' for info on changing it. PLEASE don't CROSS POST your request for help!

– guiverc
1 min ago







What is your default editor? -e == edit using your chosen editor, so it sounds like you've just chosen an editor that you don't know (or the default from a fresh installation doesn't suit you and you should change it). man crontab and search '-e' for info on changing it. PLEASE don't CROSS POST your request for help!

– guiverc
1 min ago












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