vi editor : cant view file properly in vi

[Satya Thotapalli]

Hello,
When I open a file in vi, I see only the first line. That too with lot of extra characters.
I expected to see all the contents of the file but I cant.
contents of file -
$ cat tarlist
api
appserv
bin
cblbin
install
output
prcs
psconfig.sh
script
sql
sqr
src

Below is what I see when I do a vi of the same file. the telnet client used is -reflection. terminal type is VT500-7
ver - HP UX B.11.00

$ vi tarlist
~0y0C23y0C"tarlist" 12 lines, 74 characters0y0Ci1y0Cappserv

Pls help.

Regards,
Satya

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Your TERM variable is wrong.

I suggest vt100 or vt220

SEP

[Satya Thotapalli]

Hello SEP,
I tried the closest match vt102 with out success.
Satya

[melvyn burnard · Accepted solution]

try this before issuing the vi command:
eval `ttytype -s`
tset

see if that sets the terminal corectly

[Kapil Jha]

Please check if this problem is with only one user or with every user.
I would suggest
#export EDITOR=vt100
#stty sane
#vi <>

Hope this help.
BR,
Kapil

[Satya Thotapalli]

Hello Melvyn,
Your solution did work thanks! but I have to do this every time I login. Do you hv a permanent fix ?
Regards,
Satya

[Kapil Jha]

Check youe .profile file it would be having some issue.
to avoid doing everytime add those two lines in ur .profile file.
I would wonder to know if the command I sent worked or not.
BR,
Kapil

[Satya Thotapalli]

Kapil,
I'm sorry your commands did not solve my problem. Pls can you detail what I need to check in the .profile ? Any specific setting ?
Satya

[Kapil Jha]

:(

anyways just add those 2 line

eval 'ttytype -s'
tser

at the end of your .profile file of user.
.profile would be in home directory of user.
so that thoese command would always run when user logs in.
BR,
Kapil

[melvyn burnard]

edit your .profile file, and add the lines into the .profile, and this will run every time you log in