Nano keyboard shortcuts 

Nano    

Zeynel -
6 years ago 28 Apr 2019 Sunday 8:37 AM (UTC)
- Shortcuts

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F12 Ctrl + T

Invoke the spell checker, if available

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Alt + \

Move to the first line of the file

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or Alt + |
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Alt + ?

Move to the last line of the file

0
Alt + ^

Copy the current line and store it in the cut buffer

0
Alt + $

Soft wrapping of overlong lines enable/disable

0
Alt + }

Indent the current line

1
Alt + {

Unindent the current line

1
Alt + )

Move to the end of the current paragraph

1
Alt + -

Scroll up one line without scrolling the cursor

0
or Alt + _
0
Alt + +

Scroll down one line without scrolling the cursor

0
Alt + (

Move to the beginning of the current paragraph

1
Alt + >

Switch to the next file buffer

0
Ctrl + \

Replace a string or a regular expression

1
F16

Repeat last search

0
Alt + .

Switch to the next file buffer

1
Alt + <

Switch to the previous file buffer

0
or Alt + ,
0
Alt + D

Count the number of words, lines, and characters

0
Alt + W

Repeat last search

1
Alt + E

Redo the last undone operation

0
Alt + R

Replace a string or a regular expression

1
Alt + A

Mark text at the cursor position

0
Alt + S

Smooth scrolling enable/disable

0
Alt + X

Help mode enable/disable

0
Alt + C

Constant cursor position display enable/disable

0
Alt + Q

Conversion of typed tabs to spaces enable/disable

0
Alt + F

Multiple file buffers enable/disable

0
Alt + Z

Suspension enable/disable

0
Alt + P

Whitespace display enable/disable

0
Ctrl + ^

Mark text at the cursor position

1
Ctrl + I

Insert a tab at the cursor position

0
Ctrl + L

Refresh (redraw) the current screen

0
Ctrl + O

Write the current file to disk

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Alt + /

Move to the last line of the file

0
M + ]

Move to the matching bracket

0
Ctrl + M

Insert a newline at the cursor position

0
Ctrl + U

Uncut from the cut buffer into the current line

0
Ctrl + J

Justify the current paragraph

0
F14

Replace a string or a regular expression

0
Alt + U

Undo the last operation

1
Alt + 6

Copy the current line and store it in the cut buffer

2
Ctrl + K

Cut the current line and store it in the cut buffer

0
Alt + J

Justify the entire file

0
Alt + O

Use of one more line for editing enable/disable

0
Alt + 0

Move to the end of the current paragraph

0
Alt + =

Scroll down one line without scrolling the cursor

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F15

Mark text at the cursor position

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Alt + 9

Move to the beginning of the current paragraph

0
Alt + Space

Go back one word

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Ctrl + Space

go forward one word

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Ctrl + _

Go to line and column number

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or F13
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Alt + I

Auto indent enable/disable

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Alt + K

Cut to end enable/disable

0
Alt + L

Long line wrapping enable/disable

0
Alt + B

Backup files enable/disable

0
Alt + Y

Colour syntax highlighting enable/disable

0
Alt + H

Smart home key enable/disable

-1
Alt + M

Mouse support enable/disable

0
Alt + N

No conversion from DOS/Mac format enable/disable

0
Alt + G

Go to line and column number

0
Ctrl + Y

Move to the previous screen

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or F7
0
Ctrl + V

Move to the next screen

0
or F8
0
Ctrl + B

Go back one character

0
Ctrl + F

Go forward one character

-1
Ctrl + C

Display the position of the cursor

1
or F11
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Ctrl + A

Move to the beginning of the current line

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Ctrl + E

Move to the end of the current line

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F9

Cut the current line and store it in the cut buffer

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F3

Write the current file to disk

-1
Ctrl + X

Close the current file buffer / Exit from Nano

-1
or F2
2
Ctrl + R

Insert another file into the current one

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or F5
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Ctrl + T

Invoke the spell checker, if available

0
F4

Justify the current paragraph

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Alt + V

Insert the next keystroke verbatim

0
Ctrl + D

Delete the character under the cursor

-1
Ctrl + H

Delete the character to the left of the cursor

0
Alt + T

Cut from the cursor position to the end of the file

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Ctrl + W

Search for a string or a regular expression

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or F6

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Program information

Program name: Nano Nano (Text editing)

Nano is a text editor based on Pico text editor. Unlike Pico, Nano is licensed under the GNU General Public License. Released as freeware by Chris Allegretta in 1999, Nano became part of the GNU Project in 2001.

Web page: nano-editor.org

Last update: 1/19/2021 9:08 AM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 76%

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Shortcut count: 87

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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