NAME¶
Ed - line-oriented text editor
SYNOPSIS¶
ed [
options] [
file]
DESCRIPTION¶
GNU Ed - The GNU line editor.
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
- -v, --verbose
- be verbose
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¶
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 © 1994 Andrew L. Moore.
Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 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.