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pico — Text editor styled after the Alpine Composer. More information: <https://manned.org/pico>.

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How to use the pico command: Text editor styled after the Alpine Composer. More information: <https://manned.org/pico>.

pico — Text editor styled after the Alpine Composer. More information: <https://manned.org/pico>.

Start the editor:

pico {{path/to/file}}

Start the editor with the cursor located n lines into the file:

pico +{{n}} {{path/to/file}}

Start the editor with the cursor shown before the current selection:

pico -g {{path/to/file}}

Define the quote string for files such as email:

pico -Q "{{quotestring}}" {{path/to/file}}

Enable mouse functionality when run within an xterm window:

pico -m {{path/to/file}}

Set the operating directory for pico:

pico -o {{path/to/directory}}

Enable "view only" mode, which disallows any edits:

pico -v {{path/to/file}}

Display all files including those beginning with a period:

pico -a

Start the editor

pico {{path/to/file}}

Start the editor with the cursor located n lines into the file

pico +{{n}} {{path/to/file}}

Start the editor with the cursor shown before the current selection

pico -g {{path/to/file}}

Define the quote string for files such as email

pico -Q "{{quotestring}}" {{path/to/file}}

Enable mouse functionality when run within an `xterm` window

pico -m {{path/to/file}}

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