Even though `vi` is in PATH, PowerShell returns "The term 'vi' is not recognized as the name of..."
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
❔ Type: Question
👀 Awaiting Response
- Dominant language
- PowerShell
- Stars
- 27k
- Forks
- 2.1k
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Question
When I do vi abhay.txt the terminal shows this error, even though I have added the vim in the path
Checklist
- I have read the documentation and made sure what I'm looking for isn't present, or is unclear.
- I have searched for similar issues, and either this question wasn't asked before, or I didn't find any that describe my question.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing vi abhay.txt in PowerShell and checking whether the Vim executable is on PATH. Confirm the expected command and PATH configuration for Windows; done means the command resolves successfully in the terminal.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell, vim
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100