ed(1) Quine

Quine: A program that produces its own source code as output. (Wiktionary)

This ed(1) script, when run through ed with no file, will print its own source code.

Running

$ ed < quine.ed

The filename of the script is not important. The script does not even have to be in a file.

Verifying

$ ed < quine.ed > quine.out
$ diff quine.ed quine.out

The diff should produce no output and exit with success (0).

License

MIT. See the LICENSE file for details.