Pico Start

Nano Startup Screen

You need to establish a Secure Shell (SSH) session to a Linux account. Once the connection is established, you will need to type your username and your password to gain access to the system. To start the text editor you type nano from the Linux prompt (tinyRealm%) and you should see the Pico screen below. Typing nano filename will start pico and open the specified file. If the file does not yet exist, a new file will be created with that name.

GNU NANO 1.2.3            New Buffer












^G Get Help  ^O WriteOut  ^R ReadFile  ^Y PrevPg  ^K Cut Text  ^C Cur Pos
^X Exit      ^J Justify   ^W Where is  ^V NextPg  ^U UnCutText ^T ToSpell

The bottom two lines of the screen contain some of the more common commands available.

The following table lists all the commands available in Nano (alternative keyboard commands are in parentheses).

Moving around in Nano
command	short description
^F (right arrow)	move forward a character
^B (left arrow)	move back a character
^P (up arrow)	move up one line
^N (down arrow)	move down one line
^A	move to the beginning of the current line
^E	move to the end of the current line
^V (F8)	move forward one screen of text
^Y (F7)	move backward one screen of text

Editing in Nano

command short description

^^ mark position as beginning of select text

^K (F9) selected text ends on the left side of the current cursor position
beginning must be marked already
cut selected text (inversed text)
if nothing selected this will cut the current line of text

^U (F10) uncut or paste last cut text
inserting at current cursor position

^J justify the current paragraph

^I (Tab) insert a tab at current position

^T spelling checker

^C print current cursor position

^W (F6) search for text - neglecting case

^L redraw screen

^G (F1) display the help text from within Pico

File Commands from Nano

command short description

^X (F2) exit pine, saving buffer

^O (F3) save the current file

^R (F5) read-in a file at current cursor position

Nano Startup Screen

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command	short description
^^	mark position as beginning of select text
^K (F9)	selected text ends on the left side of the current cursor position beginning must be marked already cut selected text (inversed text) if nothing selected this will cut the current line of text
^U (F10)	uncut or paste last cut text inserting at current cursor position
^J	justify the current paragraph
^I (Tab)	insert a tab at current position
^T	spelling checker
^C	print current cursor position
^W (F6)	search for text - neglecting case
^L	redraw screen
^G (F1)	display the help text from within Pico

command	short description
^X (F2)	exit pine, saving buffer
^O (F3)	save the current file
^R (F5)	read-in a file at current cursor position