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 ED(1)                            ed 1.14.2                            ED(1)
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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 c 1994 Andrew L. Moore.



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 ED(1)                            ed 1.14.2                            ED(1)
 User Commands                                                 User Commands

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      Copyright c 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.







































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