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nano: Invoking

 
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 The usual way to invoke ‘nano’ is:
 
      nano [FILE]
 
    But it is also possible to specify one or more options (see the next
 section), and to edit several files in a row.  Additionally, the cursor
 can be put on a specific line of a file by adding the line number with a
 plus sign before the filename, and even in a specific column by adding
 it with a comma.  So a more complete command synopsis is:
 
      nano [OPTION]... [[+LINE[,COLUMN]|+,COLUMN] FILE]...
 
    Normally, however, you set your preferred options in a ‘nanorc’ file
 (Nanorc Files).  And when using ‘set positionlog’ (making ‘nano’
 remember the cursor position when you close a file), you will rarely
 need to specify a line number.
 
    As a special case: when instead of a filename a dash is given, ‘nano’
 will read data from standard input.  This means you can pipe the output
 of a command straight into a buffer, and then edit it.
 

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