
ed
The original Unix text editor.
- Start ed, editing an empty document (which can be saved as a new file in the current directory):
ed
- Start ed, editing an empty document, with
:
as a command prompt indicator:
ed -p :
- Start ed editing an existing file (this shows the byte count of the loaded file):
ed -p : {{path/to/file}}
- Toggle the printing of error explanations. (By default, explanations are not printed and only a
?
appears):
H
- Add text to the current document. Mark completion by entering a period by itself in a new line:
a<Enter>{{text_to_insert}}<Enter>.
- Print the entire document (
,
is a shortcut to the range1,$
which covers the start to the end of the document):
,p
- Write the current document to a new file (the filename can be omitted if
ed
was called with an existing file):
w {{filename}}
- Quit ed:
q
