Index: shell/commands/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/shell/commands/EditAction.java
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--- shell/commands/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/shell/commands/EditAction.java	(revision )
+++ shell/commands/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/shell/commands/EditAction.java	(revision )
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+package org.apache.karaf.shell.commands;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import jline.Terminal;
+import org.apache.felix.gogo.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.felix.gogo.commands.Command;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.console.AbstractAction;
+import org.jledit.ConsoleEditor;
+import org.jledit.EditorFactory;
+import org.jledit.utils.Closeables;
+
+@Command(scope = "shell", name = "edit", description = "Calls a text editor.")
+public class EditAction extends AbstractAction {
+
+    private final Pattern URL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[^: ]+:[^ ]+");
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "url", description = "The url of the resource to edit.", required = true, multiValued = false)
+    private String url;
+
+    private EditorFactory editorFactory;
+
+    @Override
+    protected Object doExecute() throws Exception {
+        URLConnection connection = null;
+        InputStream is = null;
+        OutputStream os = null;
+        String path = null;
+        boolean isLocal = true;
+        String sourceUrl = url;
+
+        //If no url format found, assume file url.
+        if (!URL_PATTERN.matcher(sourceUrl).matches()) {
+            File f = new File(sourceUrl);
+            sourceUrl = "file://" + f.getAbsolutePath();
+        }
+
+        URL u = new URL(sourceUrl);
+        //If its not a file url.
+        if (!u.getProtocol().equals("file")) {
+            isLocal = false;
+
+            try {
+                connection = u.openConnection();
+                is = connection.getInputStream();
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                System.out.println("Failed to open " + sourceUrl + " for reading.");
+                return null;
+            }
+            try {
+                os = connection.getOutputStream();
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                System.out.println("Failed to open " + sourceUrl + " for writing.");
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            //Copy the resource to a tmp location.
+            FileOutputStream fos = null;
+            try {
+                path = System.getProperty("karaf.data") + "/editor/" + UUID.randomUUID();
+                File f = new File(path);
+                if (!f.exists()) {
+                    if (!f.getParentFile().exists()) {
+                        f.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                fos = new FileOutputStream(f);
+                copy(is, fos);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                System.out.println("Failed to copy resource from url:" + sourceUrl + " to tmp file: " + path + "  for editing.");
+            } finally {
+                Closeables.closeQuitely(fos);
+            }
+        } else {
+            path = u.getFile();
+        }
+
+
+        File file = new File(path);
+        if (!file.exists()) {
+            if (!file.getParentFile().exists()) {
+                file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+            }
+        }
+
+        //Call the editor
+        ConsoleEditor editor = editorFactory.create(getTerminal());
+        editor.setTitle("Karaf");
+        editor.open(file, url);
+        editor.setOpenEnabled(false);
+        editor.start();
+
+        //If resource is not local, copy the resource back.
+        if (!isLocal) {
+            FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(path);
+            try {
+                copy(fis, os);
+            } finally {
+                Closeables.closeQuitely(fis);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (is != null) {
+            Closeables.closeQuitely(is);
+        }
+
+        if (os != null) {
+            Closeables.closeQuitely(os);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the {@link jline.Terminal} from the current session.
+     *
+     * @return
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    private Terminal getTerminal() throws Exception {
+        Object terminalObject = session.get(".jline.terminal");
+        if (terminalObject instanceof Terminal) {
+            return (Terminal) terminalObject;
+
+        }
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Could not get Terminal from CommandSession.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Copies the content of {@link InputStream} to {@link OutputStream}.
+     *
+     * @param input
+     * @param output
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    private void copy(final InputStream input, final OutputStream output) throws IOException {
+        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024 * 16];
+        int n = 0;
+        while (-1 != (n = input.read(buffer))) {
+            output.write(buffer, 0, n);
+            output.flush();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public EditorFactory getEditorFactory() {
+        return editorFactory;
+    }
+
+    public void setEditorFactory(EditorFactory editorFactory) {
+        this.editorFactory = editorFactory;
+    }
+}
Index: shell/commands/pom.xml
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--- shell/commands/pom.xml	(revision b4ea852b302d5ddf8156cd229c7da4a84a85696d)
+++ shell/commands/pom.xml	(revision )
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
             <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.shell.console</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jledit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.gogo.runtime</artifactId>
         </dependency>
Index: shell/console/pom.xml
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--- shell/console/pom.xml	(revision b4ea852b302d5ddf8156cd229c7da4a84a85696d)
+++ shell/console/pom.xml	(revision )
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
             <artifactId>jansi</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jledit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
@@ -127,11 +131,13 @@
                             org.apache.karaf.shell.console*;version=${project.version},
                             org.fusesource.jansi;version=${jansi.version};-split-package:=merge-first,
                             jline*;version=${jline.version},
+                            org.jledit*;version=${jledit.version},
                             org.fusesource.hawtjni*;version=1.0;-split-package:=merge-first
                         </Export-Package>
                         <Private-Package>
                             org.fusesource.jansi.internal;-split-package:=merge-first,
                             org.apache.karaf.util*;-split-package:=merge-first,
+                            org.mozilla.universalchardet*;-split-package:=merge-first,
                             META-INF.native.*;-split-package:=merge-first
                         </Private-Package>
                         <Bundle-NativeCode>
Index: shell/console/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/karaf-console.xml
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--- shell/console/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/karaf-console.xml	(revision b4ea852b302d5ddf8156cd229c7da4a84a85696d)
+++ shell/console/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/karaf-console.xml	(revision )
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
     <bean id="terminalFactory" class="org.apache.karaf.shell.console.jline.TerminalFactory"
           destroy-method="destroy"/>
 
+    <bean id="editorFactory" class="org.jledit.ConcreteEditorFactory"/>
+
     <service>
         <interfaces>
             <value>org.apache.felix.service.command.Function</value>
@@ -101,6 +103,8 @@
     <service auto-export="interfaces" ranking="-5">
         <bean class="org.apache.karaf.shell.console.help.BrandingHelpProvider"/>
     </service>
+
+    <service ref="editorFactory" interface="org.jledit.EditorFactory"/>
 
 
 </blueprint>
Index: shell/console/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org/jledit/simple
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--- shell/console/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org/jledit/simple	(revision )
+++ shell/console/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org/jledit/simple	(revision )
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+org.jledit.simple.SimpleConsoleEditor
\ No newline at end of file
Index: pom.xml
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--- pom.xml	(revision b4ea852b302d5ddf8156cd229c7da4a84a85696d)
+++ pom.xml	(revision )
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
         <aries.util.version>1.0.0</aries.util.version>
         <jansi.version>1.9</jansi.version>
         <jline.version>2.9</jline.version>
+        <jledit.version>0.1.1</jledit.version>
         <jsw.version>3.2.3</jsw.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <maven.version>2.0.9</maven.version>
@@ -791,6 +792,11 @@
                 <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jansi</artifactId>
                 <version>${jansi.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.jledit</groupId>
+                <artifactId>core</artifactId>
+                <version>${jledit.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.artifact</groupId>
Index: shell/commands/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-commands.xml
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--- shell/commands/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-commands.xml	(revision b4ea852b302d5ddf8156cd229c7da4a84a85696d)
+++ shell/commands/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-commands.xml	(revision )
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@
                 <null/>
             </completers>
         </command>
+        <command name="shell/edit">
+            <action class="org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.EditAction">
+                <property name="editorFactory" ref="editorFactory"/>
+            </action>
+        </command>
     </command-bundle>
 
    <bean id="commandCompleter" class="org.apache.karaf.shell.console.completer.CommandsCompleter"/>
@@ -111,5 +116,6 @@
     </reference-list>
 
     <reference id="commandProcessor" interface="org.apache.felix.service.command.CommandProcessor"/>
+    <reference id="editorFactory" interface="org.jledit.EditorFactory"/>
  
 </blueprint>