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ED(1)								   User Commands							     ED(1)

NAME
       Ed - line-oriented text editor

SYNOPSIS
       ed [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION
       GNU Ed - The GNU line editor.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	      display this help and exit

       -V, --version
	      output version information and exit

       -G, --traditional
	      run in compatibility mode

       -l, --loose-exit-status
	      exit with 0 status even if a command fails

       -p, --prompt=STRING
	      use STRING as an interactive prompt

       -r, --restricted
	      run in restricted mode

       -s, --quiet, --silent
	      suppress diagnostics

       -v, --verbose
	      be verbose

       Start edit by reading in `file' if given.  If `file' begins with a `!', read output of shell command.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-ed@gnu.org>.
       Ed home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html
       General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1994 Andrew L. Moore.
       Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for Ed is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and Ed programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
       mand

	      info Ed

       should give you access to the complete manual.

Ed 1.6								   January 2012 							     ED(1)