man ex
gives me the man page for vi.
ex being an short way to start up vi and put it in "ex mode".

And when I try "ex", yep, that's vi <G>.

Tom Duerbusch
THD Consulting

>>> Jack Woehr <j...@well.com> 1/28/2009 12:58 PM >>>
Tom Duerbusch wrote:
> What is a good line mode editor?
>
ex is the traditional Unix line mode editor, written for just such
environments.
It's the dark side of vi :)

man ex

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