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Problem

How to use the kwrite command: Text editor of the KDE Desktop project. See also: kate. More information: <https://docs.kde.org/stable_kf6/en/kate/kwrite/command-line-options.html>.

Solution

kwrite — Text editor of the KDE Desktop project. See also: kate. More information: <https://docs.kde.org/stable_kf6/en/kate/kwrite/command-line-options.html>.

Open a text file:

kwrite {{path/to/file}}

Open multiple text files:

kwrite {{file1 file2 ...}}

Open a text file with a specific encoding:

kwrite --encoding {{UTF-8}} {{path/to/file}}

Open a text file and navigate to a specific line and column:

kwrite --line {{line_number}} --column {{column_number}} {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Open a text file

kwrite {{path/to/file}}

Open multiple text files

kwrite {{file1 file2 ...}}

Open a text file with a specific encoding

kwrite --encoding {{UTF-8}} {{path/to/file}}

Open a text file and navigate to a specific line and column

kwrite --line {{line_number}} --column {{column_number}} {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/kwrite

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