Pico (pronounced pee-ko) was created at the University of Washington and is designed to be a simple text editor. It has been made avaliable as an editor on the Benedictine University Linux Network.
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Running Pico |
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pico filename |
opens filename in pico. |
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pico |
Runs pico and creates a new file |
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Moving around a file |
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<Control A |
Moves cursor to the beginning of the current line. |
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<Control E |
Moves cursor to the end of the current line. |
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<Right Arrow
<Control F |
Forward one character to the right |
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<Down Arrow
<Control N |
Move to the next line. |
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<Control V |
Display the next screen of information |
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<Control @ |
Jump forward to the next word. |
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<Left Arrow
<Control B |
Back one character to the left. |
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<Up arrow
<Control P |
Move to the previous line. |
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<Control Y |
Display the previous screen of informnation |
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Other Commands |
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<Control K |
Deletes current line. |
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<Control D |
Deletes a character |
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<enter |
Inserts a blank line. |
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<Control I |
Inserts a Tab. |
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<Control J |
reformats text of current paragraph. |
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<Control L |
Refreshes display |
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<Control W |
Searches for a string of characters |
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<Control T |
Spell check the document. |
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<Control G |
Displays help |
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Saving and Exiting |
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<Control X |
Saves file and offers menu to either exit or continue editing. |
