Dear Michael,
Check if "vi" is in the root path...
(Type what is in the qoutes)
# "which vi"
^
|
Note you are presumed to be root...
If this comes back empty, then you got to go find it.
The best way to find it is the following:
"find / |grep vi$ | less"
This will show you every file ending in 'vi'.
If this comes up snake, then it is time to start the dreaded "yast",
something I have not done in a while...
On of my favorite ways that AT&T Unix 'saved money' on a USDA system
installation was to not install any 'man' pages... Wow what a
nightmare...
Call me for more silly suggestions...
Regards,
Paul
On Sun, 9 Jun 2019, Michael MacIsaac wrote:
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2019 07:47:27 -0400
From: Michael MacIsaac <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: SLES 15 - no help?
Hi,
I get my hands on a minimal SLES 15 for the first time. I try to edit a
file:
# *vi foo*
-bash: vi: command not found
# *vim foo*
-bash: vim: command not found
HUH? A UNIX with no vi? NEVER seen that before.
So I install it:
# *zypper install -y vim*
...
Now I need to check a flag:
#* man vim *
-bash: man: command not found
So I try to install man:
# *zypper install -y man*
...
No provider of 'man' found.
HUH? A UNIX with no man pages at all? NEVER seen that before either.
Hopefully there's another way to install man.
So I try to get help another way:
# *info vim*
info: No menu item 'vim' in node '(dir)Top'
# *help vim*
-bash: help: no help topics match `vim'. Try `help help' or `man -k vim'
or `info vim'.
No 'info', no 'help' (which suggests to use man or info - hehe)
Am I just spoiled with the backward compatibility baked into the mainframe?
--
-Mike MacIsaac
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