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Exploring the nano interface

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Exploring the nano interface

- I'll open up nano by typing nano. Across the top of the nano interface is a bar with the software version and a listing of what you're currently working on. When there's no active file, this bar will say New Buffer. If you're working on a file, it'll say File and the file name. If I make changes to this new buffer, or any file that I open, the word Modified will show up here in the top right. And even if I delete what I changed, the buffer is still considered to be modified. Here below the editing interface is a status line, which sometimes shows information and sometimes is blank. If I press control O to save this file, you can see it appear. I'm not going to save the file right now, so I'll press control C to cancel, and you can see it says canceled. Right down at the bottom, there's two rows with a listing of common commands. They're listed with a little caret and a letter. The caret means to use the control key as a modifier, as we just saw. So, for example, to exit nano that's…

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