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@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ EXTENSIONS * Though GNU ed is not a stream editor, it can be used to edit binary files. To assist in binary editing, when a file containing at least one ASCII NUL character is written, a newline is not appended if it did not - already contain one upon reading. In particular, reading /dev/null - prior to writing prevents appending a newline to a binary file. + already contain one upon reading. If the last line has been modified, + reading an empty file, for example /dev/null, prior to writing prevents + appending a newline to a binary file. For example, to create a file with GNU ed containing a single NUL character: $ ed file @@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ DEVIATIONS to use. * The 'm' (move) command within a 'g' command list also follows the SunOS - ed implementation: any moved lines are removed from the global command's + ed implementation: any lines moved are removed from the global command's 'active' list. * For backwards compatibility, errors in piped scripts do not force ed @@ -127,10 +128,10 @@ or: Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 Andrew Moore -Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, -distribute and modify it. +distribute, and modify it. The file Makefile.in is a data file used by configure to produce the Makefile. It has the same copyright owner and permissions that configure |