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ED

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: February 2017
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NAME

ed - line-oriented text editor  

SYNOPSIS

ed [,options/] [,file/]  

DESCRIPTION

GNU Ed - The GNU line editor.  

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 © 2017 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.  

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for ed is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and ed programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info ed

should give you access to the complete manual.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO