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From: dave AT adboyd DOT com (J. David Boyd)
Subject: Re: ed for cygwin
Date: 16 Sep 2004 12:36:32 -0400
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John Proffitt <john DOT proffitt AT charter DOT net> writes:

> I have just loaded cygwin on my computer and it looks great.  I have started 
> to experiment with my unix script files to see what modifications will be 
> needed.  Many of my script files use the ed editor to manipulate files and 
> cygwin does not include the ed editor.
> 
> Is there a line editor that I can use under cygwin?
> What text editors are supplied with cygwin?
> 
> Also, I have many perl scripts, how do I load the perl package?
> 
> Thank you very much for your help.
> 
> John Proffitt

ed is postively included with Cygwin.  It is just not in the default install.

Start setup, and go look in the editors section.

Dave


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