BSD 3 development
[unix-history] / usr / doc / adv.ed / ae0
CommitLineData
8340f87c
BJ
1.....TM 76-1273-8 39199 39199-11
2.RP
3.TL
4Advanced Editing on UNIX
5.AU "MH 2C518" 6021
6Brian W. Kernighan
7.AI
8.MH
9.AB
10This paper is meant to help
11secretaries, typists and programmers
12to make effective use of the
13.UX
14facilities
15for preparing and editing text.
16It provides explanations and examples of
17.IP \(bu
18special characters, line addressing and global commands in the editor
19.UL ed ;
20.IP \(bu
21commands for ``cut and paste'' operations on files
22and parts of files,
23including the
24.UL mv ,
25.UL cp ,
26.UL cat
27and
28.UL rm
29commands,
30and the
31.UL r ,
32.UL w ,
33.UL m
34and
35.UL t
36commands of the editor;
37.IP \(bu
38editing scripts and
39editor-based programs like
40.UL grep
41and
42.UL sed .
43.PP
44Although the treatment is aimed
45at non-programmers,
46new
47.UC UNIX
48users
49with any background
50should find helpful hints
51on how to get their jobs done
52more easily.
53.AE
54.CS 16 0 16 0 0 3
55.if n .ls 2
56.if t .2C
57.nr PS 9
58.nr VS 11