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Thanks. So I see one way to do it would be to enter a line of:
.x
and then substitute the x for nothing, leaving just the dot.
Thanks for your help
Peter

1. Lines containing '@' within
This is easy if you use egrep:

$ cat file.txt | egrep '@.+'

2. Lines missing '@' at the end of line
Use -v to get those lines that don't match:

$ cat...

Here's my entries:

$ ed
a
. enter a line of just a dot
But it doesn't enter a line with a dot, it leaves
insert mode...

Hi
I'm not quite clear on your post.
Are all lines terminated with an @?
What do you mean 'in between the line'?
Can you give (an abbreviated) example of what you are trying to do?
Peter

Hi
I've got a trivial question on using ed (yes, I know, other editors are better!)
How do I insert a line that is just a single dot? (That is, how do I insert a line that starts with a dot and...