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syntax: markdown
tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# ed
> The original Unix text editor.
> See also: `awk`, `sed`.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/manual/ed_manual.html>.
- Start an interactive editor session with an empty document:
`ed`
- Start an interactive editor session with an empty document and a specific prompt:
`ed {{[-p|--prompt]}} '{{> }}'`
- Start an interactive editor session with user-friendly errors:
`ed {{[-v|--verbose]}}`
- Start an interactive editor session with an empty document and without diagnostics, byte counts and '!' prompt:
`ed {{[-q|--quiet]}} {{[-s|--script]}}`
- Start an interactive editor session without exit status change when command fails:
`ed {{[-l|--loose-exit-status]}}`
- Edit a specific file (this shows the byte count of the loaded file):
`ed {{path/to/file}}`
- [Interactive] Replace a string with a specific replacement for all lines:
`,s/{{regex}}/{{replacement}}/g`
- [Interactive] Exit `ed`:
`q`