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.

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 © 2012 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.