[Eug-lug] Computer time

[Max Lemieux]

Ok, this works. Enter gives me a ? but line number + enter displays a line.

What practical uses do you find for ed? seems specialized enough that it 
could be very handy.

-Max

Jacob Meuser wrote:

>On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 02:52:39PM -0800, Max Lemieux wrote:
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>>max at 4[~]$ ed Robert.txt
>>261
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>>Yikes! I even RTFM ed, and no mention of a display mode (what am I 
>>missing?). The substitution looked handy, though...
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>ed works line-at-a-time.
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>just start hitting enter, or some number less than 261 and then enter.
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>now if you want to delete a line type 'd <line#>'.
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>use 'a <line#>' to add a line.
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