#How to specify nano or vim as editor for crontab file

#If you want to specify an editor, when opening crontab file.
#And not just use the default for your system. You need to use VISUAL environment variable.


#Export the value of VISUAL and then run crontab -e command.
#Specify nano as the editor for crontab file
export VISUAL=nano; crontab -e

#Specify vim as the editor for crontab file
export VISUAL=vim; crontab -e

#Of course you need to have vim or nano installed in your system if you want to use them.