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Enter a command. For example: git local commits, bash, tput.

ed

The original Unix text editor. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/manual/ed_manual.html.

• 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{{text_to_insert}}.
   
• Print the entire document (, is a shortcut to the range 1,$ 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