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kate — KDE's advanced text editor. More information: <https://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kate/kate/fundamentals

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Problem

How to use the kate command: KDE's advanced text editor. More information: <https://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kate/kate/fundamentals.html#starting-from-the-command-line>.

Solution

kate — KDE's advanced text editor. More information: <https://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kate/kate/fundamentals.html#starting-from-the-command-line>.

Open specific files:

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

Open specific remote files:

kate {{https://example.com/path/to/file1 https://example.com/path/to/file2 ...}}

Create a new editor instance even if one is already open:

kate {{[-n|--new]}}

Open a file with the cursor at the specific line:

kate {{[-l|--line]}} {{line_number}} {{path/to/file}}

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

kate {{[-l|--line]}} {{line_number}} {{[-c|--column]}} {{column_number}} {{path/to/file}}

Create a file from stdin:

cat {{path/to/file}} | kate {{[-i|--stdin]}}

Display help:

kate {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Open specific files

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

Open specific remote files

kate {{https://example.com/path/to/file1 https://example.com/path/to/file2 ...}}

Create a new editor instance even if one is already open

kate {{[-n|--new]}}

Open a file with the cursor at the specific line

kate {{[-l|--line]}} {{line_number}} {{path/to/file}}

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

kate {{[-l|--line]}} {{line_number}} {{[-c|--column]}} {{column_number}} {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/kate

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