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The editor nano is a free editor available on all unix systems.
It is not as good as e.g. emacs, but it is an ok alternative if you must work on a remote machine and do not have the time to learning editors like emacs or vi.
To open it, open a terminal and write nano
. To open a file called
file.txt in nano, write nano file.txt
.
The two bottom lines of the window then contain the basic commands (^G: means ctrl G, etc.):
^G Get Help ^O WriteOut ^R Read File ^Y Prev Page ^K Cut Text ^C Cur Pos
^X Exit ^J Justify ^W Where Is ^V Next Page ^U UnCut Text ^T To Spell
Pressing ctrl G gives a list of commands. The M in commands like M-T refers to the META key. On the Mac, you invoke the meta key by pressing the ESC key, and thereafter T (or whatever key is mentioned).
Useful commands when working with large files:
To cut and paste text:
The command info nano
contains some, well, info.