You may also use the CtrlShiftC keyboard shortcut in Ubuntu terminal.

How to use text editor in linux. To use the Quick Editor select the text file you want to open and choose the Quick Edit command from the Tools menu or press the CtrlQ key combination and the file will be opened with the Quick Editor for you. Many people prefer emacs or other editors and I prefer to use nano myself. This will set a selection mark.

Move the cursor to the end of the text you want to select using the arrow keys. Typcially vivim is the default text editor. The internal Quick Editor can be used as a complete Notepad replacement within AB Commander.

Then you had to edit an existing text file using obscure commands. The vi editor is the most popular and commonly used Unix text editor It is usually available in all Linux Distributions. GUI text editors such as gedit for Gnome Kwrite and more.

A good example is Vim which gives you the option of jumping into the editor from the command line. To paste the marked text move the cursor to a suitable position and press U Ctrl U. Linux text editors can be used for editing text files writing codes updating user instruction files and more.

System admins will find this very useful when editing configuration files. Copping cutting and pasting To select text move the cursor to the beginning of the text and press Alta. Nanos interface is very similar to a GUI text editors.

Enter the search term and the text to be replaced with. The editor will move to the first match and ask you whether to replace it. Type the cat command followed by the double.