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nano — Text editor. An enhanced `pico` clone. See also: `pico`, `rnano`. More information: <https://nano-ed

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Problem

How to use the nano command: Text editor. An enhanced pico clone. See also: pico, rnano. More information: <https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano.html>.

Solution

nano — Text editor. An enhanced pico clone. See also: pico, rnano. More information: <https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano.html>.

Open specific files, moving to the next file after closing the previous one:

nano {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

Start the editor without using configuration files:

nano {{[-I|--ignorercfiles]}}

Open a file and position the cursor at a specific line and column:

nano +{{line}},{{column}} {{path/to/file}}

Open a file and enable soft wrapping:

nano {{[-S|--softwrap]}} {{path/to/file}}

Open a file and indent new lines to the previous line's indentation:

nano {{[-i|--autoindent]}} {{path/to/file}}

Open a file and create a backup file (path/to/file~) on save:

nano {{[-B|--backup]}} {{path/to/file}}

Open a file in restricted mode (i.e. don't read/write to files not specified on the command-line):

nano {{[-R|--restricted]}} {{path/to/file}}

Exit nano:

<Ctrl x>

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Open specific files, moving to the next file after closing the previous one

nano {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

Start the editor without using configuration files

nano {{[-I|--ignorercfiles]}}

Open a file and position the cursor at a specific line and column

nano +{{line}},{{column}} {{path/to/file}}

Open a file and enable soft wrapping

nano {{[-S|--softwrap]}} {{path/to/file}}

Open a file and indent new lines to the previous line's indentation

nano {{[-i|--autoindent]}} {{path/to/file}}

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tldr-pages: common/nano

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