edit

Starts the MS-DOS Editor, which creates and changes ASCII text files. Windows commands reference

On Windows, Linux

Windows

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edit [/b] [/h] [/r] [/s] [/<nnn>] [[<drive>:][<path>]<filename> [<filename2> [...]]

edit

edit newtextfile.txt

[<drive>:][<path>]<filename> [<filename2> [...]]Specifies the location and name of one or more ASCII text files. If the file doens't exist, MS-DOS Editor creates it. If the file exists, MS-DOS Editor opens it and displays its contents on the screen. The filename option can contain wildcard characters (* and ?). Separate multiple file names with spaces.

/bForces monochrome mode, so that MS-DOS Editor displays in black and white.

/hDisplays the maximum number of lines possible for the current monitor.

/rLoads file(s) in read-only mode.

/sForces the use of short filenames.

<nnn>Loads binary file(s), wrapping lines to nnn characters wide.

/?Displays help at the command prompt.

Several platforms

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A terminal-based text editor from Microsoft.

Open a file

edit path/to/fileIdentify

Search for a pattern

<Ctrl f>pattern<Enter>

Find and replace a pattern

<Ctrl r>pattern<Enter>

Copy text

<Ctrl c>

Paste text

<Ctrl v>

Open the File menu

<Alt f>

Quit

<Ctrl q>

Linux

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This command is an alias of run-mailcap --action=edit.