Trivia: Windows 11 is the first version of any Microsoft operating system for IBM PCs, IBM compatibles, PC compatibles, or PCs shipping without the command line editor EDLIN in any edition.
Why? Because there's no 32-bit x86 edition of Windows 11.
@arielmt When was the last time you really needed edlin (Or Ed)?
Personally, I can't tell. Sed helped me out in '96 , when a 2MB-file was too big for vi.
@balglaas The last time I wanted edlin was in 1999, when my only PC was a Windows laptop. When I upgraded to XP in '04, I became frustrated because edlin only works in qwerty, even when Windows CMD uses another keyboard layout.
In the Unix & Linux worlds, I've made ed my main editor, with vi and nano as fallbacks. It's the only editor I use where I don't have to worry about incompatible terminals or terminal oddities, & where the only feature I might miss is syntax highlighting.
