Nano Cheatsheet
This site is a reference for the text editor Nano
GNU Nano, formerly known as TIP (TIP is Not Pico) is a text editor based off of the Pico text editor. The text editor is pretty straight compared to Vi, Vim or Emacs and is the first encountered text editor of most GNU/Linux novices.
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How to edit files in Nano
Cutting, copy, pasting, word completion and more
Moving around text and buffers in Nano
Moving between words, buffers, characters and more
Special movement commands in Nano
Scroll the viewport, goto a given linenumber, goto complementary bracket or switch to a preceding buffer
| Command | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |