Nano editor command line cheat-sheet

nano is a command-line text editor. An enhanced Pico clone.

Start the editor:

nano

Start the editor without using configuration files:

nano [-I|--ignorercfiles]

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

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

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

Exit nano:

<Ctrl x>

More information: https://nano-editor.org .

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