[H-GEN] Simple Linux editors

[Robert Brockway]

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On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Greg Black wrote:

> The editor of choice for Unix sysadmin work is of course ed.

Now now Greg :)  While I'm sure you and I have both fixed systems with
ed[1] I'm sure you'd agree that vi is more popular for the task :)

[1] actually had to fix a system with echo & cat once :)  Don't ask :)

> It's small, fast, easy to use, allows a bit more flexibility
> than cat, and just works.

sed.
sed for ever
Using sed lets me sleep better at night.
:)

Rob

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