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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# bed\n[![CI Status](https://github.com/itchyny/bed/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/itchyny/bed/actions?query=branch:main)\n[![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/itchyny/bed)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/itchyny/bed)\n[![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://github.com/itchyny/bed/blob/main/LICENSE)\n[![release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/itchyny/bed/all.svg)](https://github.com/itchyny/bed/releases)\n[![pkg.go.dev](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/itchyny/bed)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/itchyny/bed)\n\nBinary editor written in Go\n\n## Screenshot\n![bed command screenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/375258/38499347-2f71306c-3c42-11e8-926e-1782b0bc73f3.png)\n\n## Motivation\nI wanted to create a binary editor with Vim-like user interface, which runs in terminals, fast, and is portable.\nI have always been interested in various binary formats and I wanted to create my own editor to handle them.\nI also wanted to learn how a binary editor can handle large files and allow users to edit them interactively.\n\nWhile creating this binary editor, I leaned a lot about programming in Go language.\nI spent a lot of time writing the core logic of buffer implementation of the editor.\nIt was a great learning experience for me and a lot of fun.\n\n## Installation\n### Homebrew\n\n```sh\nbrew install bed\n```\n\n### Build from source\n\n```bash\ngo install github.com/itchyny/bed/cmd/bed@latest\n```\n\n## Features\n\n- Basic byte editing\n- Large file support\n- Command line interface\n- Window splitting\n- Partial writing\n- Text searching\n- Undo and redo\n\n### Commands and keyboard shortcuts\nThis binary editor is influenced by the Vim editor.\n\n- File operations\n  - `:edit`, `:enew`, `:new`, `:vnew`, `:only`\n- Current working directory\n  - `:cd`, `:chdir`, `:pwd`\n- Quit and save\n  - `:quit`, `ZQ`, `:qall`, `:write`,\n    `:wq`, `ZZ`, `:xit`, `:xall`, `:cquit`\n- Window operations\n  ",
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