Ed

Download Source:	http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ed/ed-1.4.tar.gz

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Introduction to Ed

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 For most purposes, however, it is superseded by full-screen editors such as Vim and Emacs.

One of the reasons that Ed is in CBLFS is in case you run into patches that are in Ed format. While these are rare (diff-based patches are the norm), if you need to use such a patch, you'll need Ed.

Project Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix="" &&
make

Install the package

make install

Multilib

This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is needed.

64Bit

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix="" &&
make

Install the package

make install

Contents

Installed Programs:	ed, red
Installed Libraries:	None
Installed Directories:	None

Short Descriptions

ed	is a line-oriented text editor.
red	is a restricted ed—it can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands.