tldr/pages/common/kate.md

# kate

> KDE Text Editor.
> More information: <https://kate-editor.org/>.

- Launch Kate and open specific files:

`kate {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`

- Open a remote document in Kate:

`kate {{https://example.com/path/to/file}}`

- Launch Kate, creating a new instance even if one is already open:

`kate --new`

- Open a file in Kate with the cursor at the specific line:

`kate --line {{line_number}} {{path/to/file}}`

- Open a file in Kate with the cursor at the specific line and column:

`kate --line {{line_number}} --column {{column_number}} {{path/to/file}}`

- Launch Kate, creating a new temporary file with contents read from stdin:

`cat {{path/to/file}} | kate --stdin`

- Display help:

`kate --help`