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Paste a paragraph into a nano editor


I try to copy a paragraph from Word file into a nano editor. When, I open the file nano file.txt, I remark that the text is set into one long line. Is there any option to automatically set the paragraph into several lines as in Word file?

I try nano -w file.txt but it does not work.


Solution

  • This might work for you.

    Place the cursor at the beginning of each paragraph and press Ctrl+J.

    It is used to justify/fill out a text paragraph. By default, it reflows text to match the editing window width and make your life easier.

    See here for more details.