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quantka
quantka

Reputation: 959

Nano keyboard shortcut to go through line faster?

Is there an shortcut in nano for moving through a line faster? I have some log files with gigantic lines and getting to the middle of them is awful.

I know I could use a different text editor that doesn't have this particular problem (less will wrap lines), but I'm used to nano and I like a lot of its other features.

Upvotes: 28

Views: 22478

Answers (2)

Paul
Paul

Reputation: 45

Setup is Nano editor on Linux (remote server) connected/controlled through SSH from a Mac. For quick navigation, use scroll wheel/trackpad and following shortcuts.

Jump to line x:

ctrl + -

Jump 1 word forward:

ctrl + space

Jump to beginning of line:

ctrl + a

Jump to end of line:

ctrl + e

Upvotes: 0

Sven Rojek
Sven Rojek

Reputation: 5848

Here are the shortcuts for moving through a line in nano.

Use these to go faster through a line:

ctrl + space move one word forward in a line.

alt + space move one word backwards in a line.

Other line shortcuts:

ctrl + f move one character forward in a line.

ctrl + b move one character backwards in a line.

ctrl + a move to the beginning of a line.

ctrl + e move to the end of a line

To move to a specific line use ctrl + _. You may want to check out more Nano Keyboard Commands

Upvotes: 48

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