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gedit — Text editor of the GNOME Desktop project. More information: <https://manned.org/gedit>.

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How to use the gedit command: Text editor of the GNOME Desktop project. More information: <https://manned.org/gedit>.

gedit — Text editor of the GNOME Desktop project. More information: <https://manned.org/gedit>.

Open a text file:

gedit {{path/to/file}}

Open multiple text files:

gedit {{file1 file2 ...}}

Open a text file with a specific encoding:

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

Display a list of supported encodings:

gedit --list-encodings

Open a text file

gedit {{path/to/file}}

Open multiple text files

gedit {{file1 file2 ...}}

Open a text file with a specific encoding

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

Display a list of supported encodings

gedit --list-encodings

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