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ED
Section: User Commands (1) Updated: February 2017 Index
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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
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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