NAME

       ed - line-oriented text editor

SYNOPSIS

       ed [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION

       GNU  ed  is  a  line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate
       text files, both interactively and via shell scripts. A restricted version of  ed,  red,  can  only  edit
       files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands. Ed is the 'standard' text editor in the
       sense that it is the original editor for Unix, and thus widely available. For most purposes, however,  it
       is superseded by full-screen editors such as GNU Emacs or GNU Moe.

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, byte counts and '!' prompt

       -v, --verbose
              be verbose; equivalent to the 'H' command

       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   ©   2020   Antonio   Diaz   Diaz.    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.