what is ed?

islandkid · 09-03-2002, 08:03 PM

I got this error during compilation:
./texc.script: ed: command not found

what is ed? it sounds like the name of a text editor. I can't find it by searching ed is too common a string. Anyone know anything about it?

Half_Elf · 09-03-2002, 08:08 PM

during the compilation of what? What's your distro? What's were you trying to compile?

Be more specific.

Thymox · 09-03-2002, 08:13 PM

IIRC, ed is a commandline (only?) text editor. That is, it doesn't have an interface... any editing of files (or editing of text passed through it in a pipe) is done on the command line. It's quite common in some larger scripts, so it's a good idea to have it installed.

islandkid · 09-03-2002, 09:28 PM

thanks. I finally found an ed tarball and installed it

acid_kewpie · 09-04-2002, 04:10 AM

for once that was a perfectly accurate and concise question (although simple google search would have given the answer), being more specific wouldn't have benefitted anyone.

islandkid · 09-05-2002, 02:21 AM

Accually, it was quite hard to find ed on google. I had done quite an extensive search before coming here like I always do. The string "ed" shows up in every document so no matter what other words I put with it there was also the string "ed" in every document that possesed the other strings I used to narrow down the search. I finally did stumble upon it though, after much searching.

islandkid · 09-05-2002, 02:23 AM

I had to know that it is a text editor in order to find it. I think "ed basic text editor" does the trick.

acid_kewpie · 09-05-2002, 02:30 AM

"linux ed" does the trick.