@pluralistic % ed balls
balls: No such file or directory
q
% touch balls
% ed balls
0
q
% rm balls
(I had to do a web search to figure out how to quit The Standard Editor, and my first attempt ("how to quit ed") did not return what I was expecting.)
balls > foo
@peterdrake @pluralistic "eat flaming death" didn't work?
ED MAKES THE SUN SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!