Nano

Pico text editor

What is Pico..

• Pico is a linux-terminal based text editor.
• Pico is a simple and easy-to-use text editor
• It offering paragraph justification, cut/paste, and a spelling checker.

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Nano text editor

What is Nano..

• Nano is a simple linux-terminal based text editor.
• Nano is used to making small changes to existing files or write a short text files.
• It was originally created as a free replacement for the non-free Pico editor.
• Nano was created in 1999 with name TIP by Chris Allegretta.
• The name "TIP" was changed to "Nano" in 10th January 2000.
• Nano was developed in C language
• Nano is mostly using with keyboard short cut keys
• We can use mouse in nano text editor.

Interface of Nano

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Installing Nano text editor

• Nano text editor is pre-installed on macOS and most Linux distros.
• Instaling in Ubuntu
• sudo apt install nano

Basic Nano text editor commands

• Start nano from terminal
• nano
• Open a existing text file or create a new file
• nano <file name>

Note  :  If you open existing file make sure you are in that file's directory

• View most recently used commands
• nano .bash_history

Note  :  Make sure you are in home directory

Nano text editor keyboard shortcuts

Note  :  Symbol of Ctrl key is ^ and symbol of Alt key is m

Open,Save and Close files

• Open a file
• nano <filename with extension
• Save a file
• Ctrl+O
• Open a file with read command
• Ctrl+R
• Back to terminal(exit nano)
• Ctrl+X
• Show all commands use in nano
• Ctrl+G
• Search text in nano
• Ctrl+W
• Next match of search results
• Alt+W
• Use nano's built-in file browser
• Ctrl+T

Edit files

• Turn on selection mode to select text
• Alt+A
• Turn off selection mode
• Ctrl+6
• Copy text
• Alt+6
• Cut text
• Ctrl+K
• Paste text
• Ctrl+U
• Replace text
• Ctrl+\
• Show cursor position
• Ctrl+C
• Go to a specific line
• Ctrl+T

Common Commands

• Move to the previous screen
• Ctrl+Y
• Move the next screen
• Ctrl+V
• Go to line and column number
• Ctrl+_
• Move forward one word
• Ctrl+space
• Move back one word
• Alt+space
• Move to the staring point of the current line
• Ctrl+A
• Move to the ending point of the current line
• Ctrl+E
• Insert the new line
• Ctrl+M
• Delete the character under the cursor
• Ctrl+D
• Delete the character left of the cursor
• Ctrl+H
• Mouse support enable/disable
• Alt+M

Note  :  For more commands you want to know click here