A Developer's Collection of ed(1) Implementations and Scripts
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mooreds
8mo ago· 5 min readen
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Summary
A detailed post by Artyom Bologov cataloging various ed(1) implementations, scripts, and workflows they use personally. Covers GNU ed, red, BusyBox ed, Plan 9 ed, and several custom scripts for using ed as a Git editor, sudo editor, and static site generator. The author is a self-described ed enthusiast who shares practical tips and configurations for this classic UNIX text editor.
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· 3 pulleded(1) is the standard text editor.
Some Linux distributions don't provide it in default installation anymore, but that's on them!
I keep posting about it and use it as e.g. my Git editor, sudo editing tool, and my static site generator.
I am an ed(1) fan. Naturally, I have a lot of scripts and implementations handy. Here are some.
