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    EX(1)		    UNIX Programmer's Manual		    EX(1)

    NAME
         ex, edit - text editor

    SYNOPSIS
         ex [ - ] [ -v ] [ -t tag ] [ -r ] [ +command ] [ -l ] name
         ...
         edit [ ex options ]

    DESCRIPTION
         Ex is the root of a family of editors: edit, ex and vi. Ex
         is a superset of ed, with the most notable extension being a
         display editing facility.	Display based editing is the
         focus of vi.

         If you have not used ed, or are a casual user, you will find
         that the editor edit is convenient for you.  It avoids some
         of the complexities of ex used mostly by systems programmers
         and persons very familiar with ed.

         If you have a CRT terminal, you may wish to use a display
         based editor; in this case see vi(1), which is a command
         which focuses on the display editing portion of ex.

    DOCUMENTATION
         The document Edit: A tutorial (USD:14) provides a comprehen-
         sive introduction to edit assuming no previous knowledge of
         computers or the UNIX system.

         The Ex Reference Manual - Version 3.7 (USD:16) is a
         comprehensive and complete manual for the command mode
         features of ex, but you cannot learn to use the editor by
         reading it.  For an introduction to more advanced forms of
         editing using the command mode of ex see the editing docu-
         ments written by Brian Kernighan for the editor ed; the
         material in the introductory and advanced documents works
         also with ex.

         An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi (USD:15) intro-
         duces the display editor vi and provides reference material
         on vi. In addition, the Vi Quick Reference card summarizes
         the commands of vi in a useful, functional way, and is use-
         ful with the Introduction.

    FILES
         /usr/share/misc/exstrings		error messages
         /usr/libexec/exrecover	   recover command
         /usr/sbin/expreserve	   preserve command
         /etc/termcap	      describes capabilities of terminals
         ~/.exrc		      editor startup file
         /tmp/Exnnnnn	      editor temporary
         /tmp/Rxnnnnn	      named buffer temporary
         /usr/preserve	      preservation directory

    Printed 11/26/99	October 21, 1996			1

    EX(1)		    UNIX Programmer's Manual		    EX(1)

    SEE ALSO
         awk(1), ed(1), grep(1), sed(1), grep(1), vi(1), termcap(5),
         environ(7)

    AUTHOR
         Originally written by William Joy
         Mark Horton has maintained the editor since version 2.7,
         adding macros, support for many unusual terminals, and other
         features such as word abbreviation mode.

    BUGS
         The undo command causes all marks to be lost on lines
         changed and then restored if the marked lines were changed.

         Undo never clears the buffer modified condition.

         The z command prints a number of logical rather than physi-
         cal lines.  More than a screen full of output may result if
         long lines are present.

         File input/output errors don't print a name if the command
         line `-' option is used.

         There is no easy way to do a single scan ignoring case.

         The editor does not warn if text is placed in named buffers
         and not used before exiting the editor.

         Null characters are discarded in input files, and cannot
         appear in resultant files.

    Printed 11/26/99	October 21, 1996			2

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