Thank you for your research, and proposed fix I had noticed this to from time to time.
did alias view >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias view=vim -R need quotes also ? On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM andkin773--- via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Oops, I forgot the quotes for the aliases. > It should be: > > alias ex >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias ex="vim -e" > alias rvi >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias rvi="vim -Z" > alias rview >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias rview="vim -RZ" > alias view >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias view="vim -R" > > Regards, > Coen > > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple