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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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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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