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Created September 17, 2012 18:49
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GNU ed + GNU readline
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#!/bin/sh
# Try to add GNU readline support to GNU ed
hash rlwrap 2>&-
if (( $? == 0 )); then
exec /usr/bin/rlwrap /bin/ed "$@"
else
exec /bin/ed "$@"
fi
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The &- itself is not the /dev/null; it means to close the stream with such number (if I remember correctly). If you're worring about that why not just 2>/dev/null?

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