GNU ed 1.22.2 released

Antonio Diaz Diaz <[email protected]> Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:46:43 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.org.fsf.announce
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I am pleased to announce the release of GNU ed 1.22.2.

GNU ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify 
and otherwise manipulate text files, both interactively and via shell 
scripts. A restricted version of ed, red, can only edit files in the current 
directory and cannot execute shell commands. Ed is the 'standard' text 
editor in the sense that it is the original editor for Unix, and thus widely 
available. For most purposes, however, it is superseded by full-screen editors.

The homepage is at http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html

The sources can be downloaded from http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ed/

The sha256sum is:
f58d15242056e15af76f13f34c60d890fa2a2d5cb0abef91c115e4d83794ffe3 
ed-1.22.2.tar.lz

This release is also GPG signed. You can download the signature by appending 
'.sig' to the URL. If the 'gpg --verify' command fails because you don't 
have the required public key, then run this command to import it:

   gpg --recv-keys 8FE99503132D7742

Key fingerprint = 1D41 C14B 272A 2219 A739  FA4F 8FE9 9503 132D 7742


Changes in version 1.22.2:

   * Newline characters are no longer allowed in file names even when 
'--unsafe-names' is specified.

   * The file name is now printed escaped also when replaced into a shell 
command.


Please send bug reports and suggestions to [email protected]


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ed maintainer.
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html