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MINED(1)               DragonFly General Commands Manual              MINED(1)


NAME

     mined -- emergency text editor


SYNOPSIS

     mined [file]


DESCRIPTION

     The mined utility is a simple text editor primarily designed for use when
     a system is booted single-user and has no /usr (and thus no access to
     vi(1)).  Simple help can be obtained by hitting the F1 key while in the
     editor.  CTRL+W writes out the file and CTRL+X exits the editor.

     The terminal type is hardwired to either an xterm or cons25 (video con-
     sole).  The editor understands stty rows and columns but is otherwise
     meant to be fairly minimal in scope.


KEY BINDINGS

           F1           HELP
           F2           File status
           F3           Forward search
           F4           Global replace
           Shift+F3     Backwards search
           Shift+F4     Line replace
           Up arrow     Move up one line
           Down arrow   Move down one line
           Left arrow   Move left one character
           Right arrow  Move right one character
           Home         File top
           End          File bottom
           Page Up      Scroll one page up
           Page Down    Scroll one page down
           Esc          Repeat last cmd # times
           CTRL+A       Start of line
           CTRL+B       Word backward
           CTRL+C       Save from marked location to current cursor location
           CTRL+D       Reverse scroll
           CTRL+E       End of line
           CTRL+F       Word forward
           CTRL+G       Insert a file at cursor
           CTRL+K       Delete from marked location to current cursor location
           CTRL+L       Erase and redraw screen
           CTRL+N       Delete next word
           CTRL+P       Delete previous word
           CTRL+Q       Insert the contents of the save file into new file
           CTRL+S       Run shell
           CTRL+T       Delete to end of line
           CTRL+U       Forward scroll
           CTRL+V       Visit another file
           CTRL+W       Write current file
           CTRL+X       Exit
           CTRL+Y       Insert the contents of the save file at cursor
           CTRL+\       Abort current operation
           CTRL+@       Set mark
           CTRL+^       Screen top
           CTRL+_       Screen bottom
           CTRL+]       Goto line #


SEE ALSO

     ed(1), ee(1), vi(1)


HISTORY

     The mined utility first appeared in Minix.  It was brought into PicoBSD
     for a time, and some work was done on it, then later brought into
     DragonFly where some additional usability work was done on it.

DragonFly 3.5                   March 15, 2005                   DragonFly 3.5

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