Command-line tool

ed

brew/ed

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Classic UNIX line editor

Website

At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install ed

Linux

brew install ed

Start an interactive editor session with an empty document

ed

Start an interactive editor session with an empty document and a specific prompt

ed -p '> '

Start an interactive editor session with user-friendly errors

ed -v

Related command-line tools

• fcp
  Significantly faster alternative to the classic Unix cp(1) command
• cdogs-sdl
  Classic overhead run-and-gun game game gaming co-op deathmatch deathmatch-co-op
• dos2unix
  Convert text between DOS, UNIX, and Mac formats linebreak-converter linebreakconverter line-break-converter…
• nq
  Unix command-line queue utility
• mysql-client
  Open source relational database management system
• hcledit
  Command-line editor for HCL
• ledit
  Line editor for interactive commands
• sued
  shut up editor - a minimalist line-based text editor written in Rust

Listing text is written by the maker; AptLynx lists tools and does not vouch for them. Find another tool · Browse by topic · For agents