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Pico is a simple text editor that displays a list
of menu commands for manipulating text at the bottom
of the screen. Most of the commands combine the
control character with another character from the
keyboard. Editing can be accomplished by entering
text, navigating with the arrow keys and/or menu
commands and manipulating text with the menu
commands. Use the following command to edit the file
called filename with the pico editor:
pico filename
The following pico commands are grouped by
function
Commands to move around in your
document
| [Ctrl]-f or right arrow |
moves Forward a character |
| [Ctrl]-b or left arrow |
moves Backward a character |
| [Ctrl]-p or up arrow |
moves to the Previous line |
| [Ctrl]-n or down arrow |
moves to the Next line |
| [Ctrl]-a |
moves to the beginning of the current
line |
| [Ctrl]-e |
moves to the End of the current line |
| [Ctrl]-v |
moves forward a page of text |
| [Ctrl]-y |
moves backward a page of text |
| [Ctrl]-w |
searches forward ignoring case |
| [Ctrl]-W [Return] |
searches again for the same string |
Commands to delete or move
text
| [Ctrl]-d |
deletes the character under the cursor |
| [Delete] key |
deletes the character before the cursor |
| [Ctrl]-k |
deletes (Kills) the entire line at the cursor
position or deletes a selected block of text |
| [Ctrl]-u |
Undeletes the last deleted line[s] at cursor
position or undeletes a selected block of
text |
| [Ctrl]-^ |
turns on selection for highlighting large
blocks of text. Executing [Ctrl]-^ again before
any editing action will turn the selection
off. |
Note: [Ctrl]-k followed by
[Ctrl]-u can be used to move a block of text from one
location to another
Commands to exit and save
files
| [Ctrl]-o |
writes out a file without exiting (defaults
to current file name) |
| [Ctrl]-x |
exits Pico and prompts you to save if buffer
has not been saved |
Other formatting commands
| [Ctrl]-i |
inserts a tab at current cursor position |
| [Ctrl]-j |
formats (justifies) the current
paragraph |
| [Ctrl]-r |
inserts an external file at the current
cursor position |
| [Ctrl]-t |
invokes the spell checker |
Information commands
| [Ctrl]-c |
reports thecurrent cursor position |
| [Ctrl]-g |
displays Pico help |
| [Ctrl]-l |
clears information line (lowercase L not
digit 1) |
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