Nano Essentials

• Install
• Commands
  • File Handling
  • Editing
  • Search and Replace
  • Deletion
  • Operations
  • Moving Around
  • Special Movement
  • Information
  • Various
• Related
• Links

Install

sudo apt install nano -y

Commands

File Handling

• Ctrl+S Save current file
• Ctrl+O Offer to write file (“Save as”)
• Ctrl+R Insert a file into current one
• Ctrl+X Close buffer, exit from nano

Editing

• Ctrl+K Cut current line into cutbuffer
• Alt+6 Copy current line into cutbuffer
• Ctrl+U Paste contents of cutbuffer
• Alt+T Cut until end of buffer
• Ctrl+] Complete current word
• Alt+3 Comment/uncomment line/region
• Alt+U Undo last action
• Alt+E Redo last undone action

Search and Replace

• Ctrl+Q Start backward search
• Ctrl+W Start forward search
• Alt+Q Find next occurrence backward
• Alt+W Find next occurrence forward
• Alt+R Start a replacing session

Deletion

• Ctrl+H Delete character before cursor
• Ctrl+D Delete character under cursor
• Alt+Bsp Delete word to the left
• Ctrl+Del Delete word to the right
• Alt+Del Delete current line

Operations

• Ctrl+T Execute some command
• Ctrl+J Justify paragraph or region
• Alt+J Justify entire buffer
• Alt+B Run a syntax check
• Alt+F Run a formatter/fixer/arranger
• Alt+: Start/stop recording of macro
• Alt+; Replay macro

Moving Around

• Ctrl+B One character backward
• Ctrl+F One character forward
• Ctrl+← One word backward
• Ctrl+→ One word forward
• Ctrl+A To start of line
• Ctrl+E To end of line
• Ctrl+P One line up
• Ctrl+N One line down
• Ctrl+↑ To previous block
• Ctrl+↓ To next block
• Ctrl+Y One page up
• Ctrl+V One page down
• Alt+\ To top of buffer
• Alt+/ To end of buffer

Special Movement

• Alt+G Go to specified line
• Alt+] Go to complementary bracket
• Alt+↑ Scroll viewport up
• Alt+↓ Scroll viewport down
• Alt+< Switch to preceding buffer Alt+> Switch to succeeding buffer

Information

• Ctrl+C Report cursor position
• Alt+D Report line/word/character count
• Ctrl+G Display help text

Various

• Alt+A Turn the mark on/off
• Tab Indent marked region
• Shift+Tab Unindent marked region
• Alt+N Turn line numbers on/off
• Alt+P Turn visible whitespace on/off
• Alt+V Enter next keystroke verbatim
• Ctrl+L Refresh the screen
• Ctrl+Z Suspend nano

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• Simple Public Linux File Share Samba
• Open Canary Honey Pot on Raspberry Pi
• Make Virtual Box VM Autostart
• Create OpenSSL CA (Certificate Authority) for Dev/Test Purposes
• How to Build an Open VPN Server from Scratch on Ubuntu
• How to Create a Command Alias in Linux
• Find Command in Linux
• Linux Users
• Displaying Network Statistics in Linux
• Linux IP Essentials
• Linux Routing Essentials
• Compress and Extract Files Using the tar Command on Linux

Links

• https://www.nano-editor.org/