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NAME

ed - line-oriented text editor

SYNOPSIS

ed [,options/] [,file/]

DESCRIPTION

GNU ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text files, both interactively and via shell scripts. A restricted version of ed, red, can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands. Ed is the 'standard' text editor in the sense that it is the original editor for Unix, and thus widely available. For most purposes, however, it is superseded by full-screen editors such as GNU Emacs or GNU Moe.

OPTIONS

-h, --help: display this help and exit
-V, --version: output version information and exit
-G, --traditional: run in compatibility mode
-l, --loose-exit-status: exit with 0 status even if a command fails
-p, --prompt=,STRING/: use STRING as an interactive prompt
-r, --restricted: run in restricted mode
-s, --quiet, --silent: suppress diagnostics, byte counts and '!' prompt
-v, --verbose: be verbose; equivalent to the 'H' command

Start edit by reading in 'file' if given. If 'file' begins with a '!', read output of shell command.

Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (file not found, invalid flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate a corrupt or invalid input file, 3 for an internal consistency error (eg, bug) which caused ed to panic.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to bug-ed@gnu.org
Ed home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html
General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1994 Andrew L. Moore.
Copyright © 2020 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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Time: 08:55:11 GMT, December 16, 2021

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