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.TH EX 1HAS "Jun 15, 2004"
.SH NAME
ex \- text editor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/bin/ex\fR [\fB-|\fR \fB-s\fR] [\fB-l\fR] [\fB-L\fR] [\fB-R\fR] [\fB-r\fR [\fIfile\fR]] [\fB-t\fR \fItag\fR]
     [\fB-v\fR] [\fB-V\fR] [\fB-x\fR] [\fB-w\fR\fIn\fR] [\fB-C\fR] [+\fIcommand\fR | \fB-c\fR \fIcommand\fR] \fIfile\fR...
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/xpg4/bin/ex\fR [\fB-|\fR \fB-s\fR] [\fB-l\fR] [\fB-L\fR] [\fB-R\fR] [\fB-r\fR [\fIfile\fR]]
     [\fB-t\fR \fItag\fR] [\fB-v\fR] [\fB-V\fR] [\fB-x\fR] [\fB-w\fR\fIn\fR] [\fB-C\fR]
     [+\fIcommand\fR | \fB-c\fR \fIcommand\fR] \fIfile\fR...
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/xpg6/bin/ex\fR [\fB-|\fR \fB-s\fR] [\fB-l\fR] [\fB-L\fR] [\fB-R\fR] [\fB-r\fR [\fIfile\fR]]
     [\fB-t\fR \fItag\fR] [\fB-v\fR] [\fB-V\fR] [\fB-x\fR] [\fB-w\fR\fIn\fR] [\fB-C\fR]
     [+\fIcommand\fR | \fB-c\fR \fIcommand\fR] \fIfile\fR...
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBex\fR utility is the root of a family of editors: \fBex\fR and \fBvi\fR.
\fBex\fR is a superset of \fBed\fR(1), with the most notable extension being a
display editing facility. Display based editing is the focus of \fBvi\fR.
.sp
.LP
If you have a \fBCRT\fR terminal, you can wish to use a display based editor;
in this case see \fBvi\fR(1), which is a command which focuses on the
display-editing portion of \fBex\fR.
.sp
.LP
If you have used \fBed\fR you find that, in addition to having all of the
\fBed\fR commands available, \fBex\fR has a number of additional features
useful on \fBCRT\fR terminals. Intelligent terminals and high speed terminals
are very pleasant to use with \fBvi\fR. Generally, the \fBex\fR editor uses far
more of the capabilities of terminals than \fBed\fR does, and uses the terminal
capability data base (see \fBterminfo\fR(4)) and the type of the terminal you
are using from the environment variable \fBTERM\fR to determine how to drive
your terminal efficiently. The editor makes use of features such as insert and
delete character and line in its \fBvisual\fR command (which can be abbreviated
\fBvi\fR) and which is the central mode of editing when using the \fBvi\fR
command.
.sp
.LP
The \fBex\fR utility contains a number of features for easily viewing the text
of the file. The \fBz\fR command gives easy access to windows of text. Typing
\fB^D\fR (CTRL-D) causes the editor to scroll a half-window of text and is more
useful for quickly stepping through a file than just typing return. Of course,
the screen-oriented \fBvisual\fR mode gives constant access to editing context.
.sp
.LP
The \fBex\fR utility gives you help when you make mistakes. The \fBundo\fR
(\fBu\fR) command allows you to reverse any single change which goes astray.
\fBex\fR gives you a lot of feedback, normally printing changed lines, and
indicates when more than a few lines are affected by a command so that it is
easy to detect when a command has affected more lines than it should have.
.sp
.LP
The editor also normally prevents overwriting existing files, unless you edited
them, so that you do not accidentally overwrite a file other than the one you
are editing. If the system (or editor) crashes, or you accidentally hang up the
telephone, you can use the editor \fBrecover\fR command (or \fB-r\fR\fI file\fR
option) to retrieve your work. This gets you back to within a few lines of
where you left off.
.sp
.LP
The \fBex\fR utility has several features for dealing with more than one file
at a time. You can give it a list of files on the command line and use the
\fBnext\fR (\fBn\fR) command to deal with each in turn. The \fBnext\fR command
can also be given a list of file names, or a pattern as used by the shell to
specify a new set of files to be dealt with. In general, file names in the
editor can be formed with full shell metasyntax. The metacharacter `%' is also
available in forming file names and is replaced by the name of the current
file.
.sp
.LP
The editor has a group of buffers whose names are the ASCII lower-case letters
(\fBa\fR-\fBz\fR). You can place text in these named buffers where it is
available to be inserted elsewhere in the file. The contents of these buffers
remain available when you begin editing a new file using the \fBedit\fR
(\fBe\fR) command.
.sp
.LP
There is a command \fB&\fR in \fBex\fR which repeats the last \fBsubstitute\fR
command. In addition, there is a confirmed substitute command. You give a range
of substitutions to be done and the editor interactively asks whether each
substitution is desired.
.sp
.LP
It is possible to ignore the case of letters in searches and substitutions.
\fBex\fR also allows regular expressions which match words to be constructed.
This is convenient, for example, in searching for the word ``edit'' if your
document also contains the word ``editor.''
.sp
.LP
\fBex\fR has a set of options which you can set to tailor it to your liking.
One option which is very useful is the \fBautoindent\fR option that allows the
editor to supply leading white space to align text automatically. You can then
use \fB^D\fR as a backtab and space or tab to move forward to align new code
easily.
.sp
.LP
Miscellaneous useful features include an intelligent \fBjoin\fR (\fBj\fR)
command that supplies white space between joined lines automatically, commands
\fB<\fR and \fB>\fR which shift groups of lines, and the ability to filter
portions of the buffer through commands such as \fBsort\fR.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
.LP
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB\(mi\fR | \fB-s\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Suppresses all interactive user feedback. This is useful when processing editor
scripts.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-l\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Sets up for editing \fBLISP\fR programs.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-L\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Lists the name of all files saved as the result of an editor or system crash.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-R\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
\fBReadonly\fR mode. The \fBreadonly\fR flag is set, preventing accidental
overwriting of the file.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-r\fR \fIfile\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Edits \fIfile\fR after an editor or system crash. (Recovers the version of
\fIfile\fR that was in the buffer when the crash occurred.)
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-t\fR \fItag\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Edits the file containing the \fItag\fR and positions the editor at its
definition. It is an error to specify more than one \fB-t\fR option.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-v\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Starts up in display editing state, using \fBvi\fR. You can achieve the same
effect by typing the \fBvi\fR command itself.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-V\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Verbose. When \fBex\fR commands are read by means of standard input, the input
is echoed to standard error. This can be useful when processing \fBex\fR
commands within shell scripts.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-x\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Encryption option. Simulates the \fBX\fR command and prompts the user for a
key. This key is used to encrypt and decrypt text using the algorithm of the
\fBcrypt\fR command. The \fBX\fR command makes an educated guess to determine
whether text read in is encrypted or not. The temporary buffer file is
encrypted also, using a transformed version of the key typed in for the
\fB-x\fR option.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-w\fR\fIn\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Sets the default window size to \fIn\fR. This is useful when using the editor
over a slow speed line.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-C\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Encryption option. Same as the \fB-x\fR option, except that \fB-C\fR simulates
the \fBC\fR command. The \fBC\fR command is like the \fBX\fR command, except
that all text read in is assumed to have been encrypted.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB+\fR\fIcommand\fR | \fB-c\fR\fI command\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Begins editing by executing the specified editor \fIcommand\fR (usually a
search or positioning command).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/xpg4/bin/ex\fR, \fB/usr/xpg6/bin/ex\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
If both the \fB-t\fR\fI tag\fR and the \fB-c\fR\fI command\fR options are
given, the \fB-t\fR\fI tag\fR is processed first. That is, the file containing
the tag is selected by \fB-t\fR and then the command is executed.
.RE

.SH OPERANDS
.sp
.LP
The following operand is supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIfile\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
A path name of a file to be edited.
.RE

.SH USAGE
.sp
.LP
This section defines the \fBex\fR states, commands, initializing options, and
scanning pattern formations.
.SS "ex States"
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fBCommand\fR
.ad
.RS 11n
Normal and initial state. Input prompted for by "\fB:\fR". The line kill
character cancels a partial command.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fBInsert\fR
.ad
.RS 11n
Entered by \fBa\fR, \fBi\fR, or \fBc\fR. Arbitrary text can be entered. Insert
state normally is terminated by a line having only "\fB\&.\fR" on it, or,
abnormally, with an interrupt.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fBVisual\fR
.ad
.RS 11n
Entered by typing \fBvi\fR. Terminated by typing \fBQ\fR or ^\e (Control-\e).
.RE

.SS "ex Command Names and Abbreviations"
.sp
.in +2
.nf
Command    Abbrevi-   Command    Abbrevi-    Command    Abbrevi-
Name       ation      Name       ation       Name       ation

abbrev     ab         map                    set        se

append     a          mark       ma          shell      sh

args       ar         move       m           source     so

change     c          next       n           substitute s

copy       co         number     nu          unabbrev   unab

delete     d          preserve   pre         undo       u

edit       e          print      p           unmap      unm

file       f          put        pu          version    ve

global     g          quit       q           visual     vi

insert     i          read       r           write
 w

join       j          recover    rec         xit        x

list       l          rewind     rew         yank       ya
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.SS "Join Command Arguments"
.sp
.in +2
.nf
Join     [\fIrange\fR] j[\fIoin\fR][!] [\fIcount\fR] [\fIflags\fR]
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.sp
.LP
If count is specified:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/bin/ex\fR, \fB/usr/xpg6/bin/ex\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
If no address is specified, the\fB join\fR command behaves as if \fI2addr\fR
were the current line and the current line plus \fIcount\fR (\fB\&.,. +\fR\fI
count\fR). If one address is specified, the \fBjoin\fR command behaves as if
\fI2addr\fR were the specified address and the specified address plus
\fIcount\fR ( \fIaddr\fR\fB,\fR \fIaddr\fR \fB+\fR \fIcount\fR).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/xpg4/bin/ex\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
If no address is specified, the \fBjoin\fR command behaves as if \fI2addr
\fRwere the current line and the current line plus \fIcount \fR\fB-1\fR
(\fB\&.,. +\fR \fIcount\fR \fB-1\fR). If one address is specified, the
\fBjoin\fR command behaves as if \fI2addr\fR were the specified address and the
specified address plus \fIcount\fR \fB-1\fR ( \fIaddr\fR\fB,\fR \fIaddr\fR
\fB+\fR \fIcount\fR \fB-1\fR).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/bin/ex\fR, \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/ex\fR, \fB/usr/xpg6/bin/ex\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
If two or more addresses are specified, the \fBjoin\fR command behaves as if an
additional address, equal to the last address plus \fIcount\fR \fB-1\fR
(\fIaddr1\fR\fB, ...,\fR \fIlastaddr\fR\fB,\fR \fIlastaddr\fR + \fIcount\fR
\fB-1\fR), was specified.  If this results in a second address greater than the
last line of the edit buffer, it is corrected to be equal to the last line of
the edit buffer.
.RE

.sp
.LP
If no count is specified:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/bin/ex\fR, \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/ex\fR, \fB/usr/xpg6/bin/ex\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
If no address is specified, the \fBjoin\fR command behaves as if \fI2addr\fR
were the current line and the next line (\fB\&.,. +1\fR). If one address is
specified, the \fBjoin\fR command behaves as if \fI2addr\fR were the specified
address and the next line ( \fIaddr\fR\fB,\fR \fIaddr\fR \fB+1\fR).
.RE

.SS "Additional ex Command Arguments"
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/bin/ex\fR, \fB/usr/xpg6/bin/ex\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
For the following \fBex\fR commands, if \fIcount\fR is specified, it is
equivalent to specifying an additional address to the command. The additional
address is equal to the last address specified to the command (either
explicitly or by default) plus \fIcount\fR\fB-1\fR. If this results in an
address greater than the last line of the edit buffer, it is corrected to equal
the last line of the edit buffer.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/xpg4/bin/ex\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
For the following \fBex\fR commands, if both a count and a range are specified
for a command that uses them, the number of lines affected is taken from the
count value rather than the range. The starting line for the command is taken
to be the first line addressed by the range.
.RE

.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
Abbreviate	ab[brev] word rhs
Append	[line]a[ppend][!]
Arguments	ar[gs]
Change	[range] c[hange][!] [count]
Change Directory	T{
chd[ir][!] [directory]; cd[!] [directory]
T}
Copy	T{
[range] co[py] line [flags]; [range] t line [flags]
T}
Delete	T{
[range] d[elete] [buffer] [count] [flags]
T}
Edit	T{
e[dit][!] [+line][file]; ex[!] [+line] [file]
T}
File	f[ile] [file]
Global	T{
[range] g[lobal] /pattern/ [commands]; [range] v /pattern/ [commands]
T}
Insert	[line] i[nsert][!]
List	[range] l[ist] [count] [flags]
Map	map[!] [x rhs]
Mark	[line] ma[rk] x; [line] k x
Move	[range] m[ove] line
Next	n[ext][!] [file ...]
Open	[line] o[pen] /pattern/ [flags]
Preserve	pre[serve]
Put	[line] pu[t] [buffer]
Quit	q[uit][!]
Read	[line] r[ead][!] [file]
Recover	rec[over] file
Rewind	rew[ind][!]
Set	T{
se[t] [option[=[value]]...] [nooption...] [option?...] [all]
T}
Shell	sh[ell]
Source	so[urce] file
Suspend	su[spend][!]; st[op][!]
Tag	ta[g][!] tagstring
Unabbreviate	una[bbrev] word
Undo	u[ndo]
Unmap	unm[ap][!] x
Visual	[line] v[isual] [type] [count] [flags]
Write	T{
[range] w[rite][!] [>>] [file]; [range] w[rite][!] [file]; [range] wq[!] [>>] [file]
T}
Write and Exit	[range] x[it][!] [file]
Yank	[range] ya[nk] [buffer] [count]
Adjust Window	[line] z [type] [count] [flags]
Escape	! command [range]! command
Scroll	EOF
Write Line Number	[line] = [flags]
Execute	@ buffer; * buffer
.TE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/bin/ex\fR, \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/ex\fR, \fB/usr/xpg6/bin/ex\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
For the following \fBex\fR commands, if \fIcount\fR is specified, it is
equivalent to specifying an additional address to the command. The additional
address is equal to the last address specified to the command (either
explicitly or by default) plus \fIcount\fR\fB-1\fR. If this results in an
address greater than the last line of the edit buffer, it is corrected to equal
the last line of the edit buffer.
.RE

.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
Number	T{
[range] nu[mber] [count] [flags]; [range] |                        # [count] [flags]
T}
Print	[range] p[rint] [count] [flags]
Substitute	T{
[range] s[ubstitute] [/pattern/repl/[options] [count] [flags]]
T}
Shift Left	[range] < [count] [flags]
Shift Right	[range] > [count] [flags]
Resubstitute	T{
[range] & [options] [count] [flags]; [range] s[ubstitute] [options] [count] [flags]; [range] ~ [options] [count [flags]
T}
.TE

.SS "ex Commands"
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
\fBC\fR	forced encryption
\fBX\fR	heuristic encryption
\fB&\fR	resubst
\fBCR\fR	print next
\fB>\fR	rshift
\fB<\fR	lshift
\fB^D\fR	scroll
\fBz\fR	window
\fB!\fR	shell escape
.TE

.SS "ex Command Addresses"
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
\fIn\fR	line \fIn\fR
\fB\&.\fR	current
\fB$\fR	last
\fB+\fR	next
\fB-\fR	previous
\fB+\fR\fIn\fR	\fIn\fR forward
\fB%\fR	1,$
\fB/\fR\fIpat\fR	next with \fIpat\fR
\fB?\fR\fIpat\fR	previous with \fIpat\fR
\fIx\fR\fB-\fR\fIn\fR	\fIn\fR before \fIx\fR
\fIx\fR\fB,\fR\fIy\fR	\fIx\fR through \fIy\fR
\fB\&'\fR\fIx\fR	marked with \fIx\fR
\fB"\fR	previous context
.TE

.SS "Initializing Options"
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
\fBEXINIT\fR	place \fBset\fR's here in environment variable
\fB$HOME/.exrc\fR	editor initialization file
\fB\&./.exrc\fR	editor initialization file
\fBset\fR \fIx\fR	enable option \fIx\fR
\fBset\fR \fBno\fR\fIx\fR	disable option \fIx\fR
\fBset\fR \fIx\fR=\fIval\fR	give value \fIval\fR to option \fIx\fR
\fBset\fR	show changed options
\fBset\fR \fBall\fR	show all options
\fBset\fR \fIx\fR\fB?\fR	show value of option \fIx\fR
.TE

.SS "Useful Options and Abbreviations"
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l l
l l l .
autoindent	\fBai\fR	supply indent
autowrite	\fBaw\fR	write before changing files
directory		T{
pathname of directory for temporary work files
T}
exrc	\fBex\fR	T{
allow \fBvi\fR/\fBex\fR to read the \fB\&.exrc\fR in the current directory. This option is set in the \fBEXINIT\fR shell variable or in the \fB\&.exrc\fR file in the \fB$\fR\fBHOME\fRdirectory.
T}
ignorecase	\fBic\fR	ignore case of letters in scanning
list		print \fB^I\fR for tab, $ at end
magic		treat \fB\&. [ *\fR special in patterns
modelines		T{
first five lines and last five lines executed as \fBvi\fR/\fBex\fR commands if they are of the form \fBex:\fR\fBcommand\fR\fB:\fR or \fBvi:\fR\fBcommand\fR\fB:\fR
T}
number	\fBnu\fR	number lines
paragraphs	\fBpara\fR	macro names that start paragraphs
redraw		simulate smart terminal
report		T{
informs you if the number of lines modified by the last command is greater than the value of the \fBreport\fR variable
T}
scroll		command mode lines
sections	\fBsect\fR	macro names that start sections
shiftwidth	\fBsw\fR	for \fB< >\fR, and input \fB^D\fR
showmatch	\fBsm\fR	to \fB)\fR and \fB}\fR as typed
showmode	\fBsmd\fR	show insert mode in \fB vi\fR
slowopen	\fBslow\fR	stop updates during insert
term		T{
specifies to \fBvi\fR the type of terminal being used (the default is the value of the environment variable \fBTERM\fR)
T}
window		visual mode lines
wrapmargin	\fBwm\fR	automatic line splitting
wrapscan	\fBws\fR	T{
search around end (or beginning) of buffer
T}
.TE

.SS "Scanning Pattern Formation"
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
\fB^\fR	beginning of line
\fB$\fR	end of line
\fB\&.\fR	any character
\fB\e<\fR	beginning of word
\fB\e>\fR	end of word
\fB[\fR\fIstr\fR\fB]\fR	any character in \fIstr\fR
\fB[^\fR\fIstr\fR\fB]\fR	any character not in \fIstr\fR
\fB[\fR\fIxy\fR\fB]\fR	any character between \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR
\fB*\fR	any number of preceding characters
.TE

.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.sp
.LP
See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
that affect the execution of \fBex\fR: \fBHOME\fR, \fBLANG\fR, \fBLC_ALL\fR,
\fBLC_COLLATE\fR, \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, \fBNLSPATH\fR, \fBPATH\fR,
\fBSHELL\fR, and \fBTERM\fR.
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBCOLUMNS\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 11n
Override the system-selected horizontal screen size.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEXINIT\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 11n
Determine a list of \fBex\fR commands that are executed on editor start-up,
before reading the first file. The list can contain multiple commands by
separating them using a vertical-line (\fB|\fR) character.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBLINES\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 11n
Override the system-selected vertical screen size, used as the number of lines
in a screenful and the vertical screen size in visual mode.
.RE

.SH EXIT STATUS
.sp
.LP
The following exit values are returned:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Successful completion.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB>0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
An error occurred.
.RE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/var/tmp/Ex\fInnnnn\fR\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
editor temporary
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/var/tmp/Rx\fInnnnn\fR\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
named buffer temporary
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/expreserve\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
preserve command
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/exrecover\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
recover command
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/exstrings\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
error messages
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/share/lib/terminfo/*\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
describes capabilities of terminals
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/var/preserve/login\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
preservation directory (where \fBlogin\fR is the user's login)
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB$HOME/.exrc\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
editor startup file
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB\&./.exrc\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
editor startup file
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.SS "/usr/bin/ex"
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
CSI	Enabled
.TE

.SS "\fB/usr/xpg4/bin/ex\fR"
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
CSI	Enabled
_
Interface Stability	Standard
.TE

.SS "\fB/usr/xpg6/bin/ex\fR"
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
CSI	Enabled
_
Interface Stability	Standard
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBed\fR(1), \fBedit\fR(1), \fBgrep\fR(1), \fBsed\fR(1), \fBsort\fR(1),
\fBvi\fR(1), \fBcurses\fR(3CURSES), \fBterm\fR(4), \fBterminfo\fR(4),
\fBattributes\fR(5), \fBenviron\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)
.sp
.LP
\fISolaris Advanced User\&'s Guide\fR
.SH AUTHOR
.sp
.LP
The \fBvi\fR and \fBex\fR utilities are based on software developed by The
University of California, Berkeley California, Computer Science Division,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
Several options, although they continue to be supported, have been replaced in
the documentation by options that follow the Command Syntax Standard (see
\fBIntro\fR(1)). The \fB\(mi\fR option has been replaced by \fB-s\fR, a
\fB-r\fR option that is not followed with an option-argument has been replaced
by \fB-L\fR, and \fB+\fR\fBcommand\fR has been replaced by \fB-c\fR
\fBcommand\fR.
.sp
.LP
The message \fBfile too large to recover with \fR\fB-r\fR\fB option\fR, which
is seen when a file is loaded, indicates that the file can be edited and saved
successfully, but if the editing session is lost, recovery of the file with the
\fB-r\fR option is not possible.
.sp
.LP
The \fBz\fR command prints the number of logical rather than physical lines.
More than a screen full of output can result if long lines are present.
.sp
.LP
File input/output errors do not print a name if the command line \fB-s\fR
option is used.
.sp
.LP
The editing environment defaults to certain configuration options. When an
editing session is initiated, \fBex\fR attempts to read the \fBEXINIT\fR
environment variable. If it exists, the editor uses the values defined in
\fBEXINIT\fR, otherwise the values set in \fB$HOME/.exrc\fR are used. If
\fB$HOME/.exrc\fR does not exist, the default values are used.
.sp
.LP
To use a copy of \fB\&.exrc\fR located in the current directory other than
\fB$HOME\fR, set the \fIexrc\fR option in \fBEXINIT\fR or \fB$HOME/.exrc\fR.
Options set in \fBEXINIT\fR can be turned off in a local \fB\&.exrc\fR only if
\fIexrc\fR is set in \fBEXINIT\fR or \fB$HOME/.exrc\fR. In order to be used,
\fI\&.exrc\fR in \fB$HOME\fR or the current directory must fulfill these
conditions:
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
It must exist.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
It must be owned by the same userid as the real userid of the process, or the
process has appropriate privileges.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
It is not writable by anyone other than the owner.
.RE
.sp
.LP
There is no easy way to do a single scan ignoring case.
.sp
.LP
The editor does not warn if text is placed in named buffers and not used before
exiting the editor.
.sp
.LP
Null characters are discarded in input files and cannot appear in resultant
files.