MINED(1) BSD General Commands Manual MINED(1)NAMEmined — emergency text editor
SYNOPSISmined [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.
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 ALSOed(1), ee(1), vi(1)CAVEATS
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.
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.
BSD March 15, 2005 BSD
