Why does Ubuntu come with ed? [on hold]












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How often does anyone use ed? For reference, Ubuntu does not ship with vim, or emacs. And it shouldn't, but both of those are vastly more popular than ed, which I have never even seen referenced other than historically.



Why is this shipped with default Ubuntu?










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put on hold as primarily opinion-based by Terrance, Pilot6, user68186, dessert, mikewhatever 2 hours ago


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  • It just occurred to me: is it just following Debian here? If so, the question stands as "Why does Debian ship with ed?", but perhaps askubuntu is the wrong medium for that inquiry. Let me know!

    – seisvelas
    3 hours ago











  • Ed is the standard text editor.

    – dessert
    3 hours ago











  • Ubuntu also comes with nano and gedit.

    – user68186
    3 hours ago











  • See github.com/waltinator/net-o-matic.git for using ed in a script.

    – waltinator
    2 hours ago











  • Ubuntu does come with vim-tiny, see its manifest file (18.04 as an example).

    – dessert
    1 hour ago


















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How often does anyone use ed? For reference, Ubuntu does not ship with vim, or emacs. And it shouldn't, but both of those are vastly more popular than ed, which I have never even seen referenced other than historically.



Why is this shipped with default Ubuntu?










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put on hold as primarily opinion-based by Terrance, Pilot6, user68186, dessert, mikewhatever 2 hours ago


Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.



















  • It just occurred to me: is it just following Debian here? If so, the question stands as "Why does Debian ship with ed?", but perhaps askubuntu is the wrong medium for that inquiry. Let me know!

    – seisvelas
    3 hours ago











  • Ed is the standard text editor.

    – dessert
    3 hours ago











  • Ubuntu also comes with nano and gedit.

    – user68186
    3 hours ago











  • See github.com/waltinator/net-o-matic.git for using ed in a script.

    – waltinator
    2 hours ago











  • Ubuntu does come with vim-tiny, see its manifest file (18.04 as an example).

    – dessert
    1 hour ago
















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How often does anyone use ed? For reference, Ubuntu does not ship with vim, or emacs. And it shouldn't, but both of those are vastly more popular than ed, which I have never even seen referenced other than historically.



Why is this shipped with default Ubuntu?










share|improve this question







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How often does anyone use ed? For reference, Ubuntu does not ship with vim, or emacs. And it shouldn't, but both of those are vastly more popular than ed, which I have never even seen referenced other than historically.



Why is this shipped with default Ubuntu?







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put on hold as primarily opinion-based by Terrance, Pilot6, user68186, dessert, mikewhatever 2 hours ago


Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.









put on hold as primarily opinion-based by Terrance, Pilot6, user68186, dessert, mikewhatever 2 hours ago


Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.















  • It just occurred to me: is it just following Debian here? If so, the question stands as "Why does Debian ship with ed?", but perhaps askubuntu is the wrong medium for that inquiry. Let me know!

    – seisvelas
    3 hours ago











  • Ed is the standard text editor.

    – dessert
    3 hours ago











  • Ubuntu also comes with nano and gedit.

    – user68186
    3 hours ago











  • See github.com/waltinator/net-o-matic.git for using ed in a script.

    – waltinator
    2 hours ago











  • Ubuntu does come with vim-tiny, see its manifest file (18.04 as an example).

    – dessert
    1 hour ago





















  • It just occurred to me: is it just following Debian here? If so, the question stands as "Why does Debian ship with ed?", but perhaps askubuntu is the wrong medium for that inquiry. Let me know!

    – seisvelas
    3 hours ago











  • Ed is the standard text editor.

    – dessert
    3 hours ago











  • Ubuntu also comes with nano and gedit.

    – user68186
    3 hours ago











  • See github.com/waltinator/net-o-matic.git for using ed in a script.

    – waltinator
    2 hours ago











  • Ubuntu does come with vim-tiny, see its manifest file (18.04 as an example).

    – dessert
    1 hour ago



















It just occurred to me: is it just following Debian here? If so, the question stands as "Why does Debian ship with ed?", but perhaps askubuntu is the wrong medium for that inquiry. Let me know!

– seisvelas
3 hours ago





It just occurred to me: is it just following Debian here? If so, the question stands as "Why does Debian ship with ed?", but perhaps askubuntu is the wrong medium for that inquiry. Let me know!

– seisvelas
3 hours ago













Ed is the standard text editor.

– dessert
3 hours ago





Ed is the standard text editor.

– dessert
3 hours ago













Ubuntu also comes with nano and gedit.

– user68186
3 hours ago





Ubuntu also comes with nano and gedit.

– user68186
3 hours ago













See github.com/waltinator/net-o-matic.git for using ed in a script.

– waltinator
2 hours ago





See github.com/waltinator/net-o-matic.git for using ed in a script.

– waltinator
2 hours ago













Ubuntu does come with vim-tiny, see its manifest file (18.04 as an example).

– dessert
1 hour ago







Ubuntu does come with vim-tiny, see its manifest file (18.04 as an example).

– dessert
1 hour ago












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