I use nano as my favorite text editor.
I was able to save my documents by pressing F3 + Enter.
But is there a way to save the document directly by pressing some key, if I'm sure I would like to save the document to the same name as before?
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You can try:
- Edit your
.nanorcfile - Add line:
set tempfile
Now, after you finish editting your file, just press Ctrl + X, nano then quit and automatically save your file.
Referenced from : Wiki Saving and exiting
If you want to save the changes you've made, press Ctrl + O. To exit nano, type Ctrl + X. If you ask nano to exit from a modified file, it will ask you if you want to save it. Just press n in case you don't, or y in case you do. It will then ask you for a filename. Just type it in and press Enter.
If you accidentally confirmed that you want to save the file, but you actually don't, you can always cancel by pressing Ctrl + C when you're prompted for a filename.
- 1Ctrl-O is equivalent to F3 and they both prompt to confirm the filename. My understanding of the question is that novice wishes to avoid this prompt for confirming the filename.damien– damien2014-07-07 08:07:00 +00:00Commented Jul 7, 2014 at 8:07