nano

Simple, easy to use command-line text editor. An enhanced, free Pico clone.

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• Open a new file in nano:

nano

• Open a specific file:

nano {path/to/file}

• Open a specific file, positioning the cursor at the specified line and column:

nano +{line},{column} {path/to/file}

• Open a specific file and enable soft wrapping:

nano --softwrap {path/to/file}

• Open a specific file and indent new lines to the previous lines' indentation:

nano --autoindent {path/to/file}

• Open nano and create a backup file (file~) when saving edits:

nano --backup {path/to/file}

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