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    Ed Is The Standard Text Editor

    I’m not saying it doesn’t get a lot of shout outs, but it could always do with one more. I think the last time I used it was to automate the editing of config files on some antiquated telephony system by piping ed commands through netcat. There remains a chance that I might live long enough to find some excuse to use it again.

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      Using Ed on an old Unix system feels like talking about WW2 with a veteran in a home except we both have shellshock.

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      Ed Is The Standard Text Editor

      ed, ex, and vi are all standard, required text editors in the Single Unix Specification.