Re: Interloper vi

If you use the bash shell, the command "type -a vi" (without the
quotes) will tell you every alias and every executable in the $PATH
with the name "vi", and it will display them in the order in which the
shell loks for them.

If there is an alias for "vi", you can remove it with
unalias vi
then the symlink you already have ought to become the first "vi" that
bash finds, and it loads your new home-compiled vim.

Best regards,
Tony.

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 4:23 AM, Tim Chase <vim@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 2018-07-31 19:20, 'Suresh Govindachar' via vim_use wrote:
>> Why is the old vi being executed even though `which vi` shows the
>> newer one? And how to get vi to execute the newly installed vim?
>
> Have you checked for an alias? Possibly something like
>
> $ alias vi
> alias vi='/usr/bin/vi'
>
> Also, what's your $PATH?
>
> $ echo $PATH
>
> -tim
>
>
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