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GNU ed

https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/
Simple line editor.

Ed is a line-oriented text editor: rather than offering an overview of a document, ed performs editing one line at a time. It can be executed both interactively and via shell scripts. Its method of command input allows complex tasks to be performed in an automated way.

GNU ed offers several extensions over the standard utility. The original editor for Unix was the most widely available text editor of its time. For most purposes, however, it is superseded by full-screen editors such as GNU Emacs or GNU Moe.

N.B. This pacakge also contains a restricted version of ed, red, that can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands.

This is a GNU package:ed

Download

https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ed/ed-1.20.2.tar.lz

version 1.20.2 (stable)
released on 23 April 2024

OpenPGP signature URL: https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ed/ed-1.20.2.tar.lz.sig

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Programming-language:C
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• Runs-on:BSD
• Runs-on:OS X
• Software-development:debugging
• Software-development:shell
• Software-development:program-editor
• Text-creation:editor
• Use:system-administration
• Works-with:text

Licensing

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License

GPLv2orlater

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25 April 2024

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Antonio Diaz Diaz	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
	Download	https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/
Debian (Ref)		https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ed
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ed/
	Download	https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ed/
	VCS Repository Webview	https://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/ed/
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
	VCS Repository Webview	https://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/ed/
	General	https://savannah.gnu.org/people/
Savannah (Ref)		https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/ed/

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This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 25 April 2024.

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