File handling | Ctrl+S | Save current file | | Ctrl+O | Offer to write file ("Save as") | | Ctrl+R | Insert a file into current one | | Ctrl+X | Close buffer, exit from nano |
Editing | Ctrl+K | Cut current line into cutbuffer | | Alt+6 | Copy current line into cutbuffer | | Ctrl+U | Paste contents of cutbuffer | | Ctrl+] | Complete current word | | Alt+3 | Comment/uncomment line/region | | Alt+U | Undo last action | | Alt+E | Redo last undone action |
Search and replace | Ctrl+B | Start backward search | | Ctrl+F | Start forward search | | Alt+B | Find next occurrence backward | | Alt+F | Find next occurrence forward | | Alt+R | Start a replacing session |
Deletion | Ctrl+H | Delete character before cursor | | Ctrl+D | Delete character under cursor | | Alt+Bsp | Delete word to the left | | Ctrl+Del | Delete word to the right | | Alt+Del | Delete current line |
Operations | Ctrl+T | Execute some command | | Ctrl+T Ctrl+S | Run a spell check | | Ctrl+T Ctrl+Y | Run a syntax check | | Ctrl+T Ctrl+O | Run a formatter | | Tab | Indent marked region | | Shift+Tab | Unindent marked region | | Ctrl+J | Justify paragraph or region | | Alt+J | Justify entire buffer | | Alt+T | Cut until end of buffer | | Alt+: | Start/stop recording of macro | | Alt+; | Replay macro |
| Moving around | ← | One character backward | | → | One character forward | | Ctrl+← | One word backward | | Ctrl+→ | One word forward | | Ctrl+A | To start of line | | Ctrl+E | To end of line | | Ctrl+P | One line up | | Ctrl+N | One line down | | Ctrl+↑ | To previous block | | Ctrl+↓ | To next block | | Alt+Home | To first row in viewport | | Alt+End | To last row in viewport | | Ctrl+Y | One page up | | Ctrl+V | One page down | | Alt+\ | To top of buffer | | Alt+/ | To end of buffer |
Special movement | Alt+G | Go to specified line | | Alt+] | Go to complementary bracket | | Alt+↑ | Scroll viewport up | | Alt+↓ | Scroll viewport down | | Alt+< | Switch to preceding buffer | | Alt+> | Switch to succeeding buffer |
Information | Ctrl+C | Report cursor position | | Alt+D | Report line/word/character counts | | Ctrl+G | Display help text |
Various | Alt+A | Set or unset the mark | | Alt+V | Enter next keystroke verbatim | | Alt+C | Turn constant position info on/off | | Alt+N | Turn line numbers on/off | | Alt+P | Turn visible whitespace on/off | | Alt+S | Turn softwrapping on/off | | Alt+X | Hide/unhide the help lines | | Alt+Z | Hide/unhide the info bars | | Ctrl+L | Refresh the screen |
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