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Re:Ed(1) mastery is a must for a real Unix person by bee_rider on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:48AM (#38655914)
sed and vi both have roots in ed, right? So you only needed one more round of advancement from ed to reach peak computing.

I mean we’re all joking in this thread to some extent, but actually, I don’t know that I don’t believe this.

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Re:Ed(1) mastery is a must for a real Unix person by omoikane on Friday December 15, 2023 @12:35PM (#38656430)
> sed and vi both have roots in ed

A joke I used to tell people is "don't know how to quit vi? Just type Q to enter Ex mode, then you can exit vi just like how you would exit ed."

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Re:Ed(1) mastery is a must for a real Unix person by bee_rider on Friday December 15, 2023 @12:44PM (#38656531)
Clearly the solution is :!killall vi or something along those lines.
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