Learn GNU nano keyboard shortcuts
Practice GNU nano 2025 keyboard shortcuts with timed drills. Memorize all 57 hotkeys and keybindings faster through interactive exercises.
Top shortcuts
- 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
- Ctrl+K — Cut current line into cutbuffer
- Alt+6 — Copy current line into cutbuffer
- Ctrl+U — Paste contents of cutbuffer
- Alt+T — Cut until end of buffer
- Ctrl+BracketRight — Complete current word
- Alt+3 — Comment/uncomment line/region
- Alt+U — Undo last action
- Alt+E — Redo last undone action
- Ctrl+Q — Start backward search
- Ctrl+W — Start forward search
- Alt+Q — Find next occurrence backward
- Alt+W — Find next occurrence forward
- Alt+R — Start a replacing session
- Ctrl+H — Delete character before cursor
- Ctrl+D — Delete character under cursor
- Alt+Backspace — Delete word to the left
- Ctrl+Delete — Delete word to the right
- Alt+Delete — Delete current line
- Ctrl+T — Execute some command
- Ctrl+J — Justify paragraph or region
- Alt+J — Justify entire buffer
- Alt+B — Run a syntax check
- Alt+F — Run a formatter/fixer/arranger
- Alt+Semicolon — Replay macro
- Ctrl+B — One character backward
- Ctrl+F — One character forward
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