A Beginner's Guide to Using ed Editor in Linux (Examples Included)

Posted by bob on Aug 2, 2017 7:22 PM CST
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Did you know what kind of editors existed before screen-based editors like vi and vim came into existence? Well, those were known as line editors. They were used at a time when computers didn't have a video display, meaning interactive editing wasn't possible. One such editor is ed, which was developed way back in 1969. The ed editor still ships with many Linux distributions.

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