micro Command Examples

A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor. You can use your keyboard, but also your mouse to navigate and/or select text. More information: https://micro-editor.github.io.

• Open a file:

micro {{path/to/file}}

• Save a file:

<Ctrl> + S

• Cut the entire line:

<Ctrl> + K

• Search for a pattern in the file (press Ctrl + N/Ctrl + P to go to next/previous match):

<Ctrl> + F "{{pattern}}" <Enter>

• Execute a command:

<Ctrl> + E {{command}} <Enter>

• Perform a substitution in the whole file:

<Ctrl> + E replaceall "{{pattern}}" "{{replacement}}" <Enter>

• Quit:

<Ctrl> + Q