Where is the nano file located?

Question

I'm using FileZilla and have found the default LibreOffice Writer not the best for on-the-go code editing.

I have the option to use custom program for text editing, so why not give nano a go. So I'm wondering, where is the nano (shell script?) file located?

I had a quick Google for this question and only found an ArchLinux forum posing the question on this thread.

From the thread, I checked /usr/bin/nano and it's not existant there.

Solution 1

The easiest method:

$ which nano
/bin/nano

Solution 2

Or you can use

$ whereis nano
nano: /bin/nano 

Solution 3

You might like geany which is a useful GUI editor for text files.

sudo apt-get install geany

Comments

[Panther]

FWIW, depending on the features you might need, vim and emacs are both very powerful, bit of a learning curve to them. Gedit also has a number of nice plugins - linux.com/learn/vim-101-beginners-guide-vim and maketecheasier.com/transform-gedit-into-a-web-developer-ide

[Jack Hales]

Installed it, very nice :) I'll stick to Nano for quick edits though.

[sudodus]

That is a good idea, @Jek. For example, I use nano to edit (small) system files and configuration files which need elevated permissions, for example sudo nano /etc/fstab otherwise I use geany most of the time.

[Jack Hales]

I'm in the same area @sudodus, I use nano for small things BUT I use atom for project development and larger files. I have a serious love for nano being able to go to a specific line, I don't know why. nano ./httpf.conf +250