update-alternatives --list editor

Category: Administration

update-alternatives --list editor

List candidates for an alternative

--list prints every binary registered in the editor group, one path per line, without needing root. It is the read-only way to see what a --config menu would offer. Each entry is a real executable registered via --install.
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