Mastodawn

"If you’re reading this book, it’s because you want to join the elite.
You want to count amongst the Navy SEALS of information technology."

I went and bought the book "Ed Mastery" from @mwl today. I am now reading it. There is no excuse, I should have done this a long time ago:

"ed(1) is the standard Unix text editor"

https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/?product=ed

#NowReading #Bookstodon #book #ed #unix #theStandardTextEditor

Ed Mastery

For 1 April 2018! Let me be perfectly clear: ed(1) is the standard Unix text editor. If you don’t know ed, you’re not a sysadmin. You're a mere dabbler. A dilettante. Deficient. Forty years after ed’s introduction, internationally acclaimed author Michael W Lucas has finally unlocked the myste

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betabug... Sascha Welter 3d ago

@mwl So I've now read the book. Actually I've worked through all the examples except the most complicated regexes (which was my threshold for "too lazy to type in"). Even in the simple examples that I already knew how they worked, I had fun.

I knew how ed(1) works, but I have now a much more systematic knowledge. Worth the few bucks, definitely worth the time.

And also ... I got this feeling for how people used to work with ed, how working with it actually works. I know I could do this.

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SirWumpus 👾🍁

@betabug @mwl

I got this feeling for how people used to work with ed, how working with it actually works. I know I could do this.

Follow @ed1conf aside from the ed(1) humour, posts tips and tricks to rival vim (eww).

Also note that ex(1) (vi(1) line editor : mode) shares a common base with ed(1) so your new found knowledge carries over.