I'm trying to do a case-sensitive search in Nano. The help menu at the bottom of the screen says I can toggle case-sensitivity by typing M-C . ^G Get Help ^Y First Line ^T Go To Line ^W Beg of Par M-J FullJstify M-B Backwards ^C Cancel ^V Last Line ^R Replace ^O End of Par M-C Case Sens M-R Regexp

Mar 18, 2017 · Now, nano cccc, and then Ctrl+O, followed by CTRL+X, followed by Esc then A but change this: File Name to Append to: cccc To this: File Name to Append to: bbbb And then Enter followed by CTRL+X See this: doug@s15:~$ cat bbbb this is file bbbb. this is file cccc. Note: There are other key combinations to achieve the same end result.

Jan 15, 2017 · Meta (M-) symbol is the Esc key in OSX. E.g. to cut text with M-T, enter Esc+ T. The Main nano help text says: 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. Display the help text with all key combinations while in nano by entering ctrl+G ...

May 6, 2020 · bind ^V "^Txsel -ob^M" main bind ^P "^T|xsel -ib^M^[u" main Save, and exit all instances of Nano. Now, when you press Ctrl+p in Nano it'll copy with your GUI's clipboard instead of Nano's, and if you press Ctrl+v, it'll paste with your GUI's clipboard instead of Nano's (and you can use Nano's, too, for a second clipboard, if you want).

Nov 13, 2012 · The command "M-M" means "alt M". In fact, any command starting with "M" means the alt key. Some keyboards gobble up the alt key: in my case, on a Macbook Pro Retina, "esc" followed by "M" is what worked. More info here.

May 28, 2015 · M-6 (Meta + 6) to copy lines to nano's clipboard. ^K (Ctrl + k) to cut the current line and store it in nano's clipboard. ^^ (Ctrl + Shift + 6) to select text. Once you have selected the text, you can use the above commands to copy it or cut it. ^U (Ctrl + u) to paste the text from nano's clipboard.

Aug 15, 2013 · nano versions 2.1.10 - 2.3.4 should use the command line option -u (thanks @sil). Tip: add alias nano="nano -u" to your .bashrc (thanks @Benia). The implementation of undo during this period appears to have been buggy or incomplete. nano versions 2.1.3 - 2.1.9 had some kind of undo feature. The -u option was not necessary. M stands for meta.

Oct 5, 2016 · nano -cm <text_to_edit> Place the cursor where you want to start copying, Press Shift + LeftClick and drag mouse throuh the text you want to copy, press Ctrl+Shift+C; Place the cursor you want to paste the text, Press Ctrl+Shift+V; The options -c and -m elaborated in man nano:-c, --constantshow Constantly show the cursor position on the status bar.

May 6, 2014 · Main nano help text The nano editor is designed to emulate the functionality and ease-of-use of the UW Pico text editor. There are four main sections of the editor. The top line shows the program version, the current filename being edited, and whether or not the file has been modified. Next is the main editor window showing the file being edited.

Mar 18, 2013 · M-T Cut from the cursor position to the end of the file. M-J Justify the entire file. M-D Count the number of words, lines, and characters ^L Refresh (redraw) the current screen ^Z Suspend the editor (if suspend is enabled) (M-X) Help mode enable/disable (M-C) Constant cursor position display enable/disable (M-O) Use of one more line for ...