GNU ed is a line-oriented text editor. GNU ed 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. `ed\' is the `standard\' text editor in the sense that it is the original editor for Unix, and thus widely available.What\'s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]· The configure script now quotes arguments before storing them in config.status.· This release is also available in lzip format.