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NAME

6       ed - line-oriented text editor
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SYNOPSIS

9       ed [options] [file]
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DESCRIPTION

12       GNU Ed - The GNU line editor.
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OPTIONS

15       -h, --help
16              display this help and exit
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18       -V, --version
19              output version information and exit
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21       -G, --traditional
22              run in compatibility mode
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24       -l, --loose-exit-status
25              exit with 0 status even if a command fails
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27       -p, --prompt=STRING
28              use STRING as an interactive prompt
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30       -r, --restricted
31              run in restricted mode
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33       -s, --quiet, --silent
34              suppress diagnostics, byte counts and '!' prompt
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36       -v, --verbose
37              be verbose; equivalent to the 'H' command
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39       Start edit by reading in 'file' if given.  If 'file' begins with a '!',
40       read output of shell command.
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42       Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for  environmental  problems  (file
43       not  found, invalid flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate a corrupt or
44       invalid input file, 3 for an internal consistency error (eg, bug) which
45       caused ed to panic.
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REPORTING BUGS

48       Report bugs to bug-ed@gnu.org
49       Ed home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html
50       General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp
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53       Copyright © 1994 Andrew L. Moore.
54       Copyright  © 2017 Antonio Diaz Diaz.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3
55       or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
56       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
57       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

60       The  full  documentation  for ed is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
61       the info and ed programs are properly installed at your site, the  com‐
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64              info ed
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66       should give you access to the complete manual.
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