ED(1) ed 1.16 ED(1) User Commands User Commands February 2020 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 For most purposes, however, it is superseded by full-screen editors such as GNU Emacs or GNU Moe.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 - 1 - Formatted: October 14, 2024 ED(1) ed 1.16 ED(1) User Commands User Commands February 2020 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. Copyright c 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. 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. - 2 - Formatted: October 14, 2024