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Ex (text editor)

ex (short for extended)[better source needed] is a line editor based on and intended as an improvement to ed, the original Unix editor. Today, it is standardized by POSIX.

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Operating system
Unix
Original author
Bill Joy
Platform
Cross-platform
Release
March 9, 1978; 48 years ago (1978-03-09) (as part of 1BSD)
Type
Text editor
Written in
C

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Ex (text editor)

Nodes14
Edges13
Triples9
Avg. degree1.86
Density0.142857
Components1

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Ex (text editor)

Top relations

Operating system · 1
Ex (text editor) → Unix
Original author · 1
Ex (text editor) → Bill Joy
Platform · 1
Ex (text editor) → Cross-platform
Release · 1
Ex (text editor) → March 9, 1978; 48 years ago (1978-03-09) (as part of 1BSD)
Type · 1
Ex (text editor) → Text editor
Written in · 1
Ex (text editor) → C

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Important terminology

ex mode vi editor visual commands line every via unix ed program text today coulouris called em berkeley fact modes

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ex (text editor)Operating systemUnix1.00infobox
Ex (text editor)Original authorBill Joy1.00infobox
Ex (text editor)PlatformCross-platform1.00infobox
Ex (text editor)ReleaseMarch 9, 1978; 48 years ago (1978-03-09) (as part of 1BSD)1.00infobox
Ex (text editor)TypeText editor1.00infobox
Ex (text editor)Written inC1.00infobox
vim provide both viinstance ofsome programs0.80text
ex compatibility modes such that neither vi nor ex are the program per se.The core ex commands which relate to searchinstance ofsome programs0.80text
replace are essential to viinstance ofsome programs0.80text

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