Nano
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nano is a free clone of the non-free text editor pico. It is one of the most basic and user friendly terminal text editors available, and hence is frequently recommended to those new to UNIX systems.
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Usage
Basics
To open a text file, or to create a new text file, simply type:
nano textfile
and type away. To save the document, hit ctrl+O. To open another document from within nano, hit ctrl+l and type the name of the file you wish to open
Other functions
To search a document in a non-case-sensitive fashion, hit ctrl+w and type your search term, and then press enter. To search for the same term again, simply hit ctrl+w and hit enter. Basic help can be displayed by pressing ctrl+g.
See Also
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