On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 01:33:44PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > The ed(1) is *extremely* useful when it comes to editing text files on > the fly in shell scripts (i.e. without user interaction).
This is why I don't consider ed the kind of abomination that edlin was; it exists within a stronger command toolset so that it can actually be put to good use. Plus, y'know, there are also other editors available in Unix systems these days, so I have something other than just ed available for interactive editing. When edlin was all I had available, and it was stuck in the DOS world where there was nothing like a Unix shell to make reasonable use of it, it was nothing but frustration. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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