{"id":283,"date":"2021-05-24T09:21:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T09:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/?p=283"},"modified":"2021-11-04T00:09:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T00:09:37","slug":"how-to-install-and-use-nano-text-editor-commands-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/linux\/how-to-install-and-use-nano-text-editor-commands-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install and use Nano Text Editor Commands in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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GNU nano is\u00a0 one easiest and popular command line text editor used on many operating systems including Unix-based systems and BSD variants. It contains all the basic functionality you\u2019d need from a regular text editor, like syntax highlighting, multiple buffers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tsudo apt-get install nano<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a9e4fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a9e4fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d08ddf\" data-id=\"4d08ddf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e7914f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e7914f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Install Nano Text Editor on CentOS \/ RHEL<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dad4139 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dad4139\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0878411\" data-id=\"0878411\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-621e136 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"621e136\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>yum install nano<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3e4a0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3e4a0d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e47a1c\" data-id=\"5e47a1c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fe8b66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fe8b66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GNU Nano Text Editor Common Commands<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bd7c7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bd7c7d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a34d6a2\" data-id=\"a34d6a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82ee523 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82ee523\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Follow this command to edit a file\u00a0named\u00a0<strong>demo.txt<\/strong>, but if there was no file then nano editor will create a new file while saving the file.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0162aa4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0162aa4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-131eb12\" data-id=\"131eb12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c1d98d elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"7c1d98d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>nano demo.text<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56c5c13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56c5c13\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d106d1\" data-id=\"0d106d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9923f58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9923f58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You might need these<strong> nano commands<\/strong> while editing file:<\/p><ul><li>Jump to the beginning of the line: <strong>CTRL + A<\/strong><\/li><li>To Jump to the end of the line: <strong>CTRL + E<\/strong><\/li><li>Scroll page up: <strong>CTRL + V<\/strong><\/li><li>To Scroll page down: <strong>CTRL + Y<\/strong><\/li><li>Search for a specified phrase in your text: <strong>CTRL + W<\/strong>. To search for the same phrase again press <strong>ALT + W<\/strong><\/li><li>Cuts the entire selected line to the \u201ccut buffer\u201d: <strong>CTRL + K<\/strong><\/li><li>Pastes the text from the \u201ccut buffer \u2013 Memory\u201d into the selected line: <strong>CTRL + U<\/strong><\/li><li>Justifies the paragraph: <strong>CTRL + J<\/strong><\/li><li>Go to specified line and column number: <strong>CTRL + _<\/strong><\/li><li>See where your cursor currently is: <strong>CTRL + C<\/strong><\/li><li>Exits Nano text editor. In case you made any changes to the file, it will prompt a save request: <strong>CTRL + X<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div><div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div><div>In conclusion, if you need more useful common Linux commands click <a href=\"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/linux\/frequently-common-linux-commands-for-administrators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd8546d elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementor-faq-schema\" data-id=\"fd8546d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementor-faq-schema.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t                                    <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n                    {\n                        \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n                        \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n                        \"mainEntity\": [\n                         {\n                            \"@type\": \"Question\",\n                            \"name\": \"How Do I Install Nano Text Editor On Centos \/ RHEL?\",\n                            \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n                                \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n                                \"text\": \"&lt;p&gt;run the below command to install Nano Text Editor&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;yum install nano&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n                            }\n                                                    },\n                                             {\n                            \"@type\": \"Question\",\n                            \"name\": \"How Do I Install GNU Nano Text Editor on Debian \/ Ubuntu?\",\n                            \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n                                \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n                                \"text\": \"&lt;p&gt;Run the below command to install Nano Text Editor:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;sudo apt-get install nano&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n                            }\n                                                    }\n                    ]\n                    }\n                <\/script>\n                    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article you will learn about GNU Nano Editor, and how to install and use Nano editor. 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