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Would anybody be around to notice if it was?
Believe it or not, but ed (or in Addition sed) gets used quite a lot when editing files or strings in bash scripts.
I've used a lot of sed but never ed. Should skim the man page at sone point.
here is a nice little video about ed that made me want to try it, it's a very good creator in general https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoyNMFccbow
Watched it. Good recommendation.