ubuntu: crontab -e editor selector By Ricardo MallaNovember 13, 2014November 13, 2014centos, ubuntu First time you open crontab -e you can select the editor you want to use. Select an editor. To change later, run 'select-editor'. 1. /bin/ed 2. /bin/nano <---- easiest 3. /usr/bin/vim.basic 4. /usr/bin/vim.tiny