Favorite SSH Editor

[Cory]

Since the years I've been in the hosting field and learned a lot of commands, I've came to like one particular editor which would be pico and later basically renamed to nano.

The other editor is a 'pain in the ass' and I don't see why people like it.

It's called, vi.

I had to google for the proper commands and just to quit, If I remember it's like :q! or something whereas on nano ctrl+c or when saving it's ctrl+x and y.

If you like nano (pico) or vi, explain why.

Cory Reviewed by Cory on 29th May 2011. Favorite SSH Editor Since the years I've been in the hosting field and learned a lot of commands, I've came to like one particular editor which would be pico and later basically renamed to nano. The other editor is a 'pain in the ass' and I don't see why people like it. It's called, vi. I had to google for the proper commands and just to quit, If I remember it's like :q! or something whereas on nano ctrl+c or when saving it's ctrl+x and y. If you like nano (pico) or vi, explain why. Rating: 5

[masterbator]

nano ftw! easier to operate

i guess vi users are old people who came from wordstar era

[Hillside]

nano, i feel more comfortable using nano than vi End

[warezrock]

nano FTW!!!!

[lehoangson]

I only use nano to edit file via SSH.
Command to install nano on CentOS: yum install nano

[Cory]

I only use nano to edit file via SSH.
Command to install nano on CentOS: yum install nano

Usually works;

Sometimes, I've had to install from source;

cd /usr/src/
wget http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/nano-2.2.6.tar.gz
tar -xf nano-2.2.6.tar.gz
cd nano-2.2.6
./configure && make && make install

Done;

[pippo]

vi forever

[icyboy]

i'm new to linux,using vi currently

[phpcat]

nano! so much easier to use!

[Gavo]

I use CuteFTP SFTP to edit files


If it has a gui i use it