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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.
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