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Key
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Action
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Ctrl+G
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Display help text
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Ctrl+X
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Close the current file buffer / Exit from nano
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Ctrl+O
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Write the current file to disk
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Ctrl+R
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Insert another file into the current one
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Alt+>
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Switch to the next file buffer
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Alt+<
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Switch to the previous file buffer
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Key
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Action
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Ctrl+W
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Search for a string or a regular expression
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Ctrl+\
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Replace a string or a regular expression
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Alt+W
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Repeat the last search
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Key
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Action
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Ctrl+_
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Go to line and column number
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Ctrl+Y
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Go one screenful up
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Ctrl+V
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Go one screenful down
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Alt+\
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Go to the first line of the file
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Alt+/
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Go to the last line of the file
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Ctrl+B
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Go back one character
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Ctrl+F
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Go forward one character
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Alt+Space
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Go back one word
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Ctrl+Space
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Go forward one word
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Ctrl+A
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Go to beginning of current line
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Ctrl+E
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Go to end of current line
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Ctrl+P
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Go to previous line
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Ctrl+N
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Go to next line
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Alt+(
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Go to beginning of paragraph; then of previous paragraph
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Alt+)
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Go just beyond end of paragraph; then of next paragraph
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Alt+-
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Scroll up one line without scrolling the cursor
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Alt++
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Scroll down one line without scrolling the cursor
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Alt+<
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Switch to the previous file buffer
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Alt+>
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Switch to the next file buffer
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Ctrl+C
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Display the position of the cursor
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Alt+]
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Go to the matching bracket
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Key
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Action
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Alt+U
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Undo the last operation
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Alt+E
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Redo the last undone operation
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Alt+}
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Indent the current line
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Alt+{
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Unindent the current line
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Alt+^
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Copy the current line and store it in the cutbuffer
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Ctrl+K
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Cut the current line and store it in the cutbuffer
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Ctrl+U
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Uncut from the cutbuffer into the current line
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Ctrl+J
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Justify the current paragraph
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Ctrl+T
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Invoke the spell checker, if available
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Alt+V
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Insert the next keystroke verbatim
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Ctrl+I
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Insert a tab at the cursor position
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Ctrl+M
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Insert a newline at the cursor position
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Ctrl+D
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Delete the character under the cursor
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Ctrl+H
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Delete the character to the left of the cursor
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Alt+T
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Cut from the cursor position to the end of the file
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Alt+J
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Justify the entire file
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Alt+D
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Count the number of words, lines, and characters
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Ctrl+^
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Mark text starting from the cursor position
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Key
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Action
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Alt+X
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Help mode enable/disable
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Alt+C
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Constant cursor position display enable/disable
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Alt+O
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Use of one more line for editing enable/disable
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Alt+S
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Smooth scrolling enable/disable
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Alt+$
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Soft wrapping of overlong lines enable/disable
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Alt+P
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Whitespace display enable/disable
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Alt+Y
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Color syntax highlighting enable/disable
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Alt+H
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Smart home key enable/disable
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Alt+I
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Auto indent enable/disable
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Alt+K
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Cut to end enable/disable
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Alt+L
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Hard wrapping of overlong lines enable/disable
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Alt+Q
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Conversion of typed tabs to spaces enable/disable
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Alt+B
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Backup files enable/disable
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Alt+F
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Reading file into separate buffer enable/disable
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Note that some keyboard set ups, on e.g. Macbooks, cannot utilise the "Alt" key sequences. Instead, use the Esc key. Per the nano in-app help: "Escape-key sequences are notated with the Meta (M-) symbol and can be entered using either the Esc, Alt, or Meta key depending on your keyboard setup." M- here, refers to Alt- in the instructions above.
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