nano

Command-line text editor. An enhanced Pico clone. More information: <https://nano-editor.org>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/nano.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install nano
Ubuntu
apt-get install nano
Alpine
apk add nano
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S nano
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install nano
CentOS
yum install nano
Fedora
dnf install nano
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nano
OS X
brew install nano
Raspbian
apt-get install nano
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/nano nano powered by Commando

Command-line text editor. An enhanced Pico clone. More information: <https://nano-editor.org>.

  • Start the editor:
    nano
  • Start the editor without using configuration files:
    nano --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 --softwrap path/to/file
  • Open a file and indent new lines to the previous line's indentation:
    nano --autoindent path/to/file
  • Open a file and create a backup file (`path/to/file~`) on save:
    nano --backup path/to/file

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