Ex (text editor)

ex
Original author(s)Bill Joy
Initial releaseMarch 9, 1978 (1978-03-09) (as part of 1BSD)
Written inC
Operating systemUnix
PlatformCross-platform
TypeText editor

ex, short for EXtended,[1][2][better source needed] is a line editor for Unix systems originally written by Bill Joy[3] in 1976, beginning with an earlier program written by Charles Haley.[4] Multiple implementations of the program exist; they are standardized by POSIX.[5]

  1. ^ vi editor history:ex
  2. ^ "A Brief History of Vim:1976". Archived from the original on 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  3. ^ ex manual page
  4. ^ William N. Joy, Ex reference manual, November, 1977
  5. ^ ex – Shell and Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 4 from The Open Group

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