#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 11.1

### Chapter 6. Editors

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# Ed-1.18

## Introduction to Ed

Ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text files, both interactively and via shell scripts. Ed isn't something which many people use. It's described here because it can be used by the patch program if you encounter an ed-based patch file. This happens rarely because diff-based patches are preferred these days.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.1 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/ed-1.18.tar.lz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/ed-1.18.tar.lz

- Download MD5 sum: 9c83a86d63e8d1d048ce2d9cfe7bc0c4

- Download size: 68 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 1.0 MB

- Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU

### Ed Dependencies

#### Required to uncompress the tarball

libarchive-3.6.0 (for bsdtar)

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/ed

## Installation of Ed

Install Ed by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
    make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Contents

Installed Programs: ed and red
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

### Short Descriptions

ed | is a line-oriented text editor
red | is a restricted ed—it can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands

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