tldr/pages/common/pico.md

pico

Text editor styled after the Alpine Composer. More information: https://manned.org/pico.

• Start the editor:

pico {{path/to/file}}

• Start the editor with the cursor located n lines into the file:

pico +{{n}} {{path/to/file}}

• Start the editor with the cursor shown before the current selection:

pico -g {{path/to/file}}

• Define the quote string for files such as email:

pico -Q "{{quotestring}}" {{path/to/file}}

• Enable mouse functionality when run within an xterm window:

pico -m {{path/to/file}}

• Set the operating directory for pico:

pico -o {{path/to/directory}}

• Enable "view only" mode, which disallows any edits:

pico -v {{path/to/file}}

• Display all files including those beginning with a period:

pico -a