nano Command Examples

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}}