edlin

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Package name

edlin

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Last updated

10 November 2024 - latest/stable
10 November 2024 - latest/beta

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Text Editor based on MS-DOS edlin

Simple, interactive, command line text editor.

Features

Written in ANSI C
Highly portable
No curses or other libraries required
Uses temporary file to deal with large files.
Works over SSH, including on Windows

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