diff --git a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bashrc.d/edex.sh b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bashrc.d/edex.sh
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+edex() {
+  local fname="$(mktemp)"
+  cat >"$fname"
+  local epoch="$(mktemp)"
+  trap 'rm "$epoch" >&/dev/null' RETURN ERR
+
+  "$EDITOR" "$fname" >&2 || return 1
+
+  # check mtime to ensure the editor has saved
+  if [[ -s "$fname" && "$fname" -nt "$epoch" ]]; then
+    # history -s ". $(printf "%q" "$fname")"
+    printf >&2 "edex: commands are save to %q\n" "$fname"
+    . "$fname"
+  else
+    printf >&2 "%s\n" "edex: File not saved, hence not run"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}