"Theodore Y. Ts'o" <ty...@mit.edu> writes: > I've always considered /bin/ed the most basic system administration > tool, since it doesn't require a working terminal or termcap entry. > It works even if you are using an ASR-33 teletype. :-) > > And at least for me, I find /bin/ed much more user friendly than vi, > since it doesn't have as modal of a UI as vi. (Vi has 3 modes, ed has > only 2.) > > /bin/ed is also *much* smaller than even busybox.
And of course, it *is* the standard text editor. https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.en.html Bjørn
