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