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Modifying /etc/inittab entries without using vi
These are the steps for modifying /etc/inittab without using Vi editor in AIX.
Before editing take a copy the inittab file to a file named inittab.old
cp –p
/etc/inittab /etc/inittab.old
#mkitab
---------->Adds records to the /etc/inittab file.
# mkitab
"xcmd:2:respawn:find / -type f > /dev/null 2>&1"
#lsitab
------------>Lists records in the /etc/inittab file
lsitab xcmd
#chitab Changes
records in the /etc/inittab file.
# chitab
"xcmd:2:once:find / -type f > /dev/null 2>&1"
#rmitab ---> Removes
records from the /etc/inittab file.
# rmitab xcmd
# lsitab xcmd
