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.TH ED "1" "January 2019" "ed 1.15" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
ed \- line-oriented text editor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ed
[\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,file\/\fR]
.SH 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superseded by full\-screen editors such as GNU Emacs or GNU Moe.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.TP
\fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-traditional\fR
run in compatibility mode
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-loose\-exit\-status\fR
exit with 0 status even if a command fails
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-prompt\fR=\fI\,STRING\/\fR
use STRING as an interactive prompt
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-restricted\fR
run in restricted mode
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
suppress diagnostics, byte counts and '!' prompt
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
be verbose; equivalent to the 'H' command
.PP
Start edit by reading in 'file' if given.
If 'file' begins with a '!', read output of shell command.
.PP
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.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to bug\-ed@gnu.org
.br
Ed home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html
.br
General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 1994 Andrew L. Moore.
.br
Copyright \(co 2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B ed
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B ed
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info ed
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.