unable to save crontab file using CLI

Question

I am new to linux centos ,i am trying to save and exit crontab in centos.

I have used CLI.

  crontab -e

when i press esc key from my keyboard it says ":quit to exit: and i press ":quit" and press enter key from keyboard crontab exit without saving.

Answer 1

You can set vi as your default crontab editor using the command. export EDITOR=vi

Then you can save and exit crontab using :wq.

Answer 2

It seems you edit your crontab in vim . Use :x to save and quit at the same time. Details: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Saving_a_file .