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How to quit "ed" directory? what ever I type comes back with a ? mark

Asked by venkatesha shibrekere vasudeva

venkatesha@ubuntu:~/WORKING_DIRECTORY$ ed

?

?
^[
?
quit
?
exit

How to go back to my working directory?

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#1

Type q and press enter.

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Larry Jordan (larryjor) said : 		#2

      Unless you want to quit unconditionally. If you have unsaved work and don't WANT it saved, if you made a mistake and you just want to get out, use a capital Q.

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Larry Jordan (larryjor) said : 		#3

       Oops, clicked the wrong button. Should have used "Just Add a Comment" button.

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Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus) said : 		#4

`man ed' describes q and Q; search for "quit".

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