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NAME

       nano - Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone

SYNOPSIS

       nano [OPTIONS] [[+LINE,COLUMN] FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page briefly documents the nano command.

       nano  is a small, free and friendly editor which aims to replace Pico, the default editor included in the
       non-free Pine package.  Rather than just copying Pico's look and feel, nano also implements some  missing
       (or  disabled  by  default)  features  in  Pico,  such as "search and replace" and "go to line and column
       number".

OPTIONS

       +LINE,COLUMN
              Places cursor at line number LINE and column  number  COLUMN  (at  least  one  of  which  must  be
              specified) on startup, instead of the default of line 1, column 1.

       -?     Same as -h (--help).

       -A (--smarthome)
              Make  the  Home  key  smarter.   When  Home  is pressed anywhere but at the very beginning of non-
              whitespace characters on a line, the cursor will  jump  to  that  beginning  (either  forwards  or
              backwards).   If the cursor is already at that position, it will jump to the true beginning of the
              line.

       -B (--backup)
              When saving a file, back up the previous version of it to the current filename suffixed with a ~.

       -C dir (--backupdir=dir)
              Set the directory where nano puts unique backup files if file backups are enabled.

       -D (--boldtext)
              Use bold text instead of reverse video text.

       -E (--tabstospaces)
              Convert typed tabs to spaces.

       -F (--multibuffer)
              Enable multiple file buffers, if available.

       -H (--historylog)
              Log search and replace strings to ~/.nano_history, so they can be retrieved in later sessions,  if
              nanorc support is available.

       -I (--ignorercfiles)
              Don't look at SYSCONFDIR/nanorc or ~/.nanorc, if nanorc support is available.

       -K (--rebindkeypad)
              Interpret  the  numeric  keypad  keys so that they all work properly.  You should only need to use
              this option if they don't, as mouse support won't work properly with this option enabled.

       -L (--nonewlines)
              Don't add newlines to the ends of files.

       -N (--noconvert)
              Disable automatic conversion of files from DOS/Mac format.

       -O (--morespace)
              Use the blank line below the titlebar as extra editing space.

       -Q str (--quotestr=str)
              Set the quoting string for justifying.  The default is "^([ \t]*[#:>\|}])+"  if  extended  regular
              expression support is available, or "> " otherwise.  Note that \t stands for a Tab.

       -R (--restricted)
              Restricted  mode:  don't  read  or  write  to any file not specified on the command line; read any
              nanorc files; allow suspending; allow a file to be appended to, prepended to,  or  saved  under  a
              different  name  if it already has one; or use backup files or spell checking.  Also accessible by
              invoking nano with any name beginning with 'r' (e.g.  "rnano").

       -S (--smooth)
              Enable smooth scrolling.  Text will scroll  line-by-line,  instead  of  the  usual  chunk-by-chunk
              behavior.

       -T cols (--tabsize=cols)
              Set  the  size  (width)  of a tab to cols columns.  The value of cols must be greater than 0.  The
              default value is 8.

       -U (--quickblank)
              Do quick statusbar blanking.  Statusbar messages will disappear after 1 keystroke instead  of  25.
              Note that -c overrides this.

       -V (--version)
              Show the current version number and exit.

       -W (--wordbounds)
              Detect word boundaries more accurately by treating punctuation characters as part of a word.

       -Y str (--syntax=str)
              Specify a specific syntax highlighting from the nanorc to use, if available.

       -c (--const)
              Constantly show the cursor position.  Note that this overrides -U.

       -d (--rebinddelete)
              Interpret  the Delete key differently so that both Backspace and Delete work properly.  You should
              only need to use this option if Backspace acts like Delete on your system.

       -h (--help)
              Show a summary of command line options and exit.

       -i (--autoindent)
              Indent new lines to the previous line's indentation.  Useful when editing source code.

       -k (--cut)
              Enable cut from cursor to end of line.

       -l (--nofollow)
              If the file being edited is a symbolic link, replace the link with a new file instead of following
              it.  Good for editing files in /tmp, perhaps?

       -m (--mouse)
              Enable  mouse  support,  if  available for your system.  When enabled, mouse clicks can be used to
              place the cursor, set the mark (with a double click), and execute shortcuts.  The mouse will  work
              in the X Window System, and on the console when gpm is running.

       -o dir (--operatingdir=dir)
              Set operating directory.  Makes nano set up something similar to a chroot.

       -p (--preserve)
              Preserve the XON and XOFF sequences (^Q and ^S) so they will be caught by the terminal.

       -q (--quiet)
              Do  not  report  errors  in  the  nanorc file and ask them to be acknowledged by pressing Enter at
              startup.

       -r cols (--fill=cols)
              Wrap lines at column cols.  If this value is 0 or less, wrapping will occur at the  width  of  the
              screen  less  cols  columns, allowing the wrap point to vary along with the width of the screen if
              the screen is resized.  The default value is -8.

       -s prog (--speller=prog)
              Enable alternative spell checker command.

       -t (--tempfile)
              Always save changed buffer without prompting.  Same as Pico's -t option.

       -u (--undo)
              Enable experimental generic-purpose undo code.  By default, the undo and redo shortcuts are Meta-U
              and Meta-E, respectively.

       -v (--view)
              View file (read only) mode.

       -w (--nowrap)
              Disable wrapping of long lines.

       -x (--nohelp)
              Disable help screen at bottom of editor.

       -z (--suspend)
              Enable suspend ability.

       -$ (--softwrap)
              Enable 'soft wrapping'.  nano will attempt to display the entire contents of a line, even if it is
              longer than the screen width.  Since '$' normally refers to a variable  in  the  Unix  shell,  you
              should  specify this option last when using other options (e.g. 'nano -wS$') or pass it separately
              (e.g. 'nano -wS -$').

       -a, -b, -e, -f, -g, -j
              Ignored, for compatibility with Pico.

INITIALIZATION FILE

       nano will read initialization files in the following order: SYSCONFDIR/nanorc,  then  ~/.nanorc.   Please
       see nanorc(5) and the example file nanorc.sample, both of which should be provided with nano.

NOTES

       If  no  alternative spell checker command is specified on the command line or in one of the nanorc files,
       nano will check the SPELL environment variable for one.

       In some cases nano will try to dump the buffer into an emergency file.  This will happen mainly  if  nano
       receives a SIGHUP or SIGTERM or runs out of memory.  It will write the buffer into a file named nano.save
       if the buffer didn't have a name already, or will add a ".save" suffix to the current  filename.   If  an
       emergency  file with that name already exists in the current directory, it will add ".save" plus a number
       (e.g. ".save.1") to the current filename in order to make it unique.   In  multibuffer  mode,  nano  will
       write all the open buffers to their respective emergency files.

BUGS

       Please send any comments or bug reports to nano@nano-editor.org.

       The nano mailing list is available from nano-devel@gnu.org.

       To subscribe, email to nano-devel-request@gnu.org with a subject of "subscribe".

HOMEPAGE

       http://www.nano-editor.org/

SEE ALSO

       nanorc(5)
       /usr/share/doc/nano/ (or equivalent on your system)

AUTHOR

       Chris  Allegretta  <chrisa@asty.org>,  et  al (see AUTHORS and THANKS for details).  This manual page was
       originally written by Jordi Mallach <jordi@gnu.org>, for the Debian system (but may be used by others).