tldr/pages/common/nano.md

nano

Simple, easy to use command-line text editor. An enhanced, free Pico clone. More information: https://nano-editor.org.

• Open a new file in nano:

nano

• Open a specific file:

nano {{path/to/file}}

• Open a specific file, positioning the cursor at the specified line and column:

nano +{{line}},{{column}} {{path/to/file}}

• Open a specific file and enable soft wrapping:

nano --softwrap {{path/to/file}}

• Open a specific file and indent new lines to the previous lines' indentation:

nano --autoindent {{path/to/file}}

• Open nano and create a backup file (file~) when saving edits:

nano --backup {{path/to/file}}