ed AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like ed

ed is described as 'Line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text files, both interactively and via shell scripts. A restricted version of ed, red, can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are 2 alternatives to ed for Windows, Linux and BSD. The best ed alternative is Traditional Ex - Vi editor, which is both free and Open Source.

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  1. Traditional Ex - Vi editor icon

    Traditional Ex - Vi editor

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    The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Vi session editing, tildes signify lines not present in the file.
     

    • Traditional Ex - Vi editor is the most popular Linux alternative to ed.

    • Traditional Ex - Vi editor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ed.

    • Traditional Ex - Vi editor is Free and Open Sourceed is also Free and Open Source

  2. Z-VI

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    Smallest Vi-clone text editor for Windows (62KB) that runs in terminal and SSH sessions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Z-VI screenshot 1
     

    • Z-VI is the most popular Windows alternative to ed.

    • Z-VI is Free and Open Sourceed is also Free and Open Source
    • Z-VI is Lightweighted is not according to our users
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