#print Note that there is quite a list of characters that are special to the editor: . [ * ^ $ & / What do you do when you want to use one of these characters as itself, rather than for its special meaning? You must precede it by a backlash. For example, how would you turn ". into ." Try the following sequence: ed test 1,3p 1,3s/"\./."/p w q ready #create Ref This is a "quoted word." Here is "another." Be "careful." Especially with dots. #create test This is a "quoted word". Here is "another". Be "careful". Especially with dots. #user #cmp test Ref #log #next 43.2b 5