[Discuss] ed

[Greg Rundlett (freephile)]

Similarly, I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 [1] and ed 1.16 [2] is installed
(by default).

[1]
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release:        20.04
Codename:       focal

[2]
ed --version
GNU ed 1.16
Copyright (C) 1994 Andrew L. Moore.
Copyright (C) 2020 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Greg Rundlett
https://eQuality-Tech.com
https://freephile.org

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 2:58 PM Jerry Natowitz <j.natowitz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm running Slackware Current (14.2+) and ed is installed, with the
> current version being 1.16 installed this past March.
>
>         Jerry Natowitz
> ===>    j.natowitz (at) gmail.com
>
> On 11/24/20 2:48 PM, dan moylan wrote:
> > i noticed that one of my cron scripts had not been working
> > for some time, and on investigation saw that it was because
> > it invoked ed.  why was ed removed from the bash lexicon?
> > an excess of viagra?  and when?
> >
> > of course ex does the job, but .... just askin'.
> >
> > ole dan
> >
> > j. daniel moylan
> > 84 harvard ave
> > brookline, ma 02446-6202
> > 617-777-0207 (cel)
> > jdm at moylan.us
> > www.moylan.us
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