A list of the four basic tasks any Linux user should be able to accomplish when using the nano text editor.
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Text editing is essential to Linux users. Historically, the Vim text editor has been the default tool for managing file contents. Today, many systems and many sysadmins prefer to use the nano text editor.
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This is the second article in a series that covers some essential Linux tools. My first article discusses: 'The four things you must be able to do in Vim.' It is a companion article to this one.
Nano Text Editor
The Kinesics Text Editor is a small, fast, efficient, portable text editor. The design and size of the Kinesics Text Editor makes it ideal for: Quick viewing and editing; It initializes much faster than development environments for quick viewing and editing of files. Console based development. Modern version showing line numbers and selected text: 3.x era Modern version showing its undo support: 2.x era Modern version with a colorized interface: 1.x era Showing support for syntax highlighting: Switching between multiple file buffers with Meta-: before 1.0 Default (basic) nano setup: ^G Get Nano ^N News ^W Who ^T Git ^D.
Nano is quite a bit more intuitive than Vim, but it's still worth taking a brief look at its most fundamental features. You must be able to accomplish the following four tasks with nano:
- Create/open a file
- Edit the file
- Save changes
- Exit the file
Create or open a file
To create a new file by using nano, type
nano /path/filename
. This is the same syntax Vim uses. The new file is created and opened for editing. To create a new file named 'RHEL_versions,' I type the following:The file may now be edited. Nano does not use the concept of modes like Vim. Once the file opens in nano, if you type on the keyboard, text is inserted into the file.
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Use the same command syntax to open an existing file, such as the 'demo' file:
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Edit a file
Because nano does not use modes, you may begin editing the file immediately without navigating between Command mode and Insert mode. This certainly makes nano easier to use, but it also makes it less flexible. However, for basic file edits, such flexibility is often overkill.
Save a file
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The Ctrl key activates nano's commands on your keyboard. There is an abbreviated list of commands displayed at the bottom of the nano interface, and these cover most basic needs. You 'write out' a file to save its contents by using Ctrl+O.