GNU nano - Paiet/Tech-Journal-for-Everything GitHub Wiki

  • nano
    • Developed as a pico clone
    • pico was the email editor for pine
    • Designed to be more user friendly
    • Keyboard shortcuts are more intuitive than vim
  • Opening a file
    • nano <filename>
  • Closing a file
    • Ctrl-o
      • Save file
    • Ctrl-x
      • Exit
  • Copy and Paste
    • Ctrl-k (Cut the current line)
    • Ctrl-u (Uncut to the current line)
  • Navigating without arrow keys
    • Ctrl-f - Go right (forward)
    • Ctrl-b - Go left (backward)
    • Ctrl-p - Go to previous line
    • Ctrl-n - Go to next line
  • Search
    • Ctrl-w
      • Search forward for text
  • Search and Replace
    • Ctrl-\
    • Meta-r
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