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EDIT(1) General Commands Manual EDIT(1)

NAME

edit - a simple text editor

SYNOPSIS

edit [OPTIONS]... [ARGUMENTS]...

DESCRIPTION

edit is a simple text editor inspired by MS-DOS edit.

EDITING

Edit is an interactive mode-less editor. Use Alt-F to access the menus.

ARGUMENTS

The file to open, optionally with line and column (e.g., foo.txt:123:45).

OPTIONS

Print the help message.
Print the version number.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
Licensed under the MIT License.

SEE ALSO

https://github.com/microsoft/edit

version 1.0 May 2025