Command-line tool

msedit

brew/msedit

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

Simple text editor with clickable interface text-editing text-editor code text code-editor ms-dos code-editing msedit

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id Microsoft.Edit -e
scoop install edit

macOS

brew install msedit

Linux

brew install msedit

Open a file

edit path/to/file

Search for a pattern

<Ctrl f>pattern<Enter>

Find and replace a pattern

<Ctrl r>pattern<Enter>

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