Name
ed - line-oriented text editorSynopsis
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 For most purposes, however, it is superseded by full-screen editors such as GNU Emacs or GNU Moe.Options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
-E, --extended-regexp use extended regular expressions
-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
--strip-trailing-cr strip carriage returns at end of text lines
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 (e.g., bug) which caused ed to panic.
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to [email protected] Ed home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelpCopyright
Copyright © 1994 Andrew L. Moore. Copyright © 2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 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 commandinfo ed
should give you access to the complete manual.