PICO EDITOR COMMANDS

 

note: The mouse does not work within the pico editor.

Arrow Keys

Backspace

Ctrl- y

Ctrl-v

Ctrl -a

Ctrl-e

Ctrl-k

Ctrl-u

Ctrl-c

Ctrl-w

Function as expected

Deletes character

Page up

Page down

Moves to beginning of line

Moves to end of line

Cuts line

Pastes (un-cuts) line

Tells you what line you are on

Where is, just like find

Ctrl-o

Save As

Ctrl-x

Exit, will ask you to save if necessary

Many other commands available

See bottom of screen