The Origins of vim, sed and grep Explored Through ‘ed’ Commands

     Vim, sed and grep are three very popular command-line tools for Linux platforms.  This article will attempt to explain the origins of these tools by showing how they use a number of syntax features that are identical to an equivalent command that use… Read more

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