# gedit > Text editor of the GNOME Desktop project. > More information: . - Open a text file: `gedit {{path/to/file}}` - Open multiple text files: `gedit {{file1 file2 ...}}` - Open a text file with a specific encoding: `gedit --encoding={{UTF-8}} {{path/to/file}}` - Display a list of supported encodings: `gedit --list-encodings`