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Nano Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet summarizing keyboard shortcuts for the nano text editor. It lists over 50 shortcuts organized by function, such as moving the cursor, searching/replacing text, cutting/pasting, and enabling/disabling features. The shortcuts allow navigating and editing text, searching, formatting, and toggling options like syntax highlighting from the keyboard.

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Nano Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet summarizing keyboard shortcuts for the nano text editor. It lists over 50 shortcuts organized by function, such as moving the cursor, searching/replacing text, cutting/pasting, and enabling/disabling features. The shortcuts allow navigating and editing text, searching, formatting, and toggling options like syntax highlighting from the keyboard.

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Nano Cheat Sheet Version 2.

^G (F1) Display this help text


^X (F2) Close the current file buffer / Exit from nano M-V Insert the next keystroke verbatim
^O (F3) Write the current file to disk ^I (Tab) Insert a tab at the cursor position
^R (F5) Insert another file into the current one ^M (Enter) Insert a newline at the cursor position

^W (F6) Search for a string or a regular expression ^D (Del) Delete the character under the cursor
^\ (M-R) Replace a string or a regular expression ^H (Bsp) Delete the character to the left of the cursor
^K (F9) Cut the current line and store it in the cutbuffer Cut backward from cursor to word start
^U (F10) Uncut from the cutbuffer into the current line Cut forward from cursor to next word start
Cut backward from cursor to word start
^J (F4) Justify the current paragraph Cut forward from cursor to next word start
^T (F12) Invoke the spell checker, if available M-T Cut from the cursor position to the end of the file
Invoke the linter, if available
Invoke formatter, if available M-J Justify the entire file
M-D Count the number of words, lines, and characters
^C (F11) Display the position of the cursor ^L Refresh (redraw) the current screen
^_ (M-G) Go to line and column number ^Z Suspend the editor (if suspension is enabled)

^Y (F7) Go one screenful up M-3 Comment/uncomment the current line or marked lines
^V (F8) Go one screenful down
M-\ (M-|) Go to the first line of the file Save file without prompting
M-/ (M-?) Go to the last line of the file
Search next occurrence backward
M-W (F16) Repeat the last search Search next occurrence forward
M-] Go to the matching bracket
^^ (M-A) Mark text starting from the cursor position M-X Help mode enable/disable
M-^ (M-6) Copy the current line and store it in the cutbuffer M-C Constant cursor position display enable/disable
M-O Use of one more line for editing enable/disable
M-} Indent the current line M-S Smooth scrolling enable/disable
M-{ Unindent the current line M-$ Soft wrapping of overlong lines enable/disable
M-P Whitespace display enable/disable
M-U Undo the last operation M-Y Color syntax highlighting enable/disable
M-E Redo the last undone operation
M-H Smart home key enable/disable
^B (Left) Go back one character M-I Auto indent enable/disable
^F (Right) Go forward one character M-K Cut to end enable/disable
M-Space Go back one word M-L Hard wrapping of overlong lines enable/disable
^Space Go forward one word M-Q Conversion of typed tabs to spaces enable/disable
^A (Home) Go to beginning of current line
^E (End) Go to end of current line M-B Backup files enable/disable
^P (Up) Go to previous line M-F Reading file into separate buffer enable/disable
^N (Down) Go to next line M-M Mouse support enable/disable
M-N No conversion from DOS/Mac format enable/disable
M-7 Go to previous block of text M-Z Suspension enable/disable
M-8 Go to next block of text
M-( (M-9) Go to beginning of paragraph; then of previous paragraph
M-) (M-0) Go just beyond end of paragraph; then of next paragraph
M-- (M-_) Scroll up one line without scrolling the cursor
M-+ (M-=) Scroll down one line without scrolling the cursor

M-< (M-,) Switch to the previous file buffer


M-> (M-.) Switch to the next file buffer

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