Masao Uebayashi <uebayasi@soum.co.jp> writes:

>I would use them much if they were available.  Non-interactive editing
>is really useful in some occations, like non-interactive package
>install (configuration file modification), and simple text
>substitution of many files.  I use /bin/ed for such purposes now.

Oh, please, use /bin/ed for such purposes, not vi (or emacs, or ...)
As you say, you're using /bin/ed for such purposes now.
Fine. :)

--mkb