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nano

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Text editor. An enhanced `pico` clone. See also: `pico`, `rnano`.

Options (5)

-I, --ignorercfilesboolean

Start the editor without using configuration files

Example: nano {{[-I|--ignorercfiles]}}

-S, --softwrapboolean

Open a file and enable soft wrapping

Example: nano {{[-S|--softwrap]}} {{path/to/file}}

-i, --autoindentboolean

Open a file and indent new lines to the previous line's indentation

Example: nano {{[-i|--autoindent]}} {{path/to/file}}

-B, --backupboolean

Open a file and create a backup file (`path/to/file~`) on save

Example: nano {{[-B|--backup]}} {{path/to/file}}

-R, --restrictedboolean

Open a file in restricted mode (i.e. don't read/write to files not specified on the command-line)

Example: nano {{[-R|--restricted]}} {{path/to/file}}

Open specific files, moving to the next file after closing the previous one

nano path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

Start the editor without using configuration files

nano [-I|--ignorercfiles]

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

nano +line,column path/to/file

Open a file and enable soft wrapping

nano [-S|--softwrap] path/to/file

Open a file and indent new lines to the previous line's indentation

nano [-i|--autoindent] path/to/file

Open a file and create a backup file (`path/to/file~`) on save

nano [-B|--backup] path/to/file

Open a file in restricted mode (i.e. don't read/write to files not specified on the command-line)

nano [-R|--restricted] path/to/file

Exit nano

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