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In emacs, you can open new files with Ctrl+X, Ctrl+F
And go to the previous file with Ctrl+B, and go to the next file with Ctrl+N.
How to do this in nano text editor? While nano is launched, and then open new files, and how to switch between the opened files in the nano text editor?
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To delete the current line, press Ctrl-k . Saving your work: To save your edited file to disk, press Ctrl-o . Nano displays the current filename. (To save the file under a different name, delete the filename that Nano displays and type a new one.)
Find and Replace: Press Alt-R (hold down the ALT key and press the R key). You'll be asked what to search for. Enter it, then press the Enter or Return key. You'll be asked for replacement text.
Put "set multibuffer" into ~/.nanorc or start nano with -F. Toggle this inside nano with alt-F. You can now read files into their own buffer with ctrl-R.
Use alt-comma and alt-period to go forward and backward in the file list.
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To switch between open files in nano
alt+. -- move forward one file
alt+, -- move back one file
Open as many files as you want by listing them as separate arguments to nano, like so:
nano file1.txt file2.log file3.c file4.js file5.py The first file is opened, e.g. file1.txt. Use the keyboard shortcuts below to switch between the files.
alt+. -- move forward one file
alt+, -- move back one file
nano --version GNU nano, version 2.9.3
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