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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  is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display,
13       modify and otherwise manipulate text files, both interactively and  via
14       shell  scripts. A restricted version of ed, red, can only edit files in
15       the current directory and cannot execute  shell  commands.  Ed  is  the
16       'standard'  text editor in the sense that it is the original editor for
17       Unix, and thus widely available. For most purposes, however, it is  su‐
18       perseded by full-screen editors such as GNU Emacs or GNU Moe.
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OPTIONS

21       -h, --help
22              display this help and exit
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24       -V, --version
25              output version information and exit
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27       -E, --extended-regexp
28              use extended regular expressions
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30       -G, --traditional
31              run in compatibility mode
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33       -l, --loose-exit-status
34              exit with 0 status even if a command fails
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36       -p, --prompt=STRING
37              use STRING as an interactive prompt
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39       -r, --restricted
40              run in restricted mode
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42       -s, --quiet, --silent
43              suppress diagnostics, byte counts and '!' prompt
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45       -v, --verbose
46              be verbose; equivalent to the 'H' command
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48       --strip-trailing-cr
49              strip carriage returns at end of text lines
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51       Start edit by reading in 'file' if given.  If 'file' begins with a '!',
52       read output of shell command.
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54       Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for  environmental  problems  (file
55       not  found, invalid flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate a corrupt or
56       invalid input file, 3 for an internal  consistency  error  (e.g.,  bug)
57       which caused ed to panic.
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REPORTING BUGS

60       Report bugs to bug-ed@gnu.org
61       Ed home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html
62       General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp
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65       Copyright © 1994 Andrew L. Moore.
66       Copyright  © 2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.  License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2
67       or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
68       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
69       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

72       The  full  documentation  for ed is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
73       the info and ed programs are properly installed at your site, the  com‐
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78       should give you access to the complete manual.
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82GNU ed 1.18                      February 2022                           ED(1)
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