tldr/pages/common/kate.md

# kate

> KDE's advanced text editor.
> More information: <https://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kate/kate/fundamentals.html#starting-from-the-command-line>.

- Open specific files:

`kate {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`

- Open specific remote files:

`kate {{https://example.com/path/to/file1 https://example.com/path/to/file2 ...}}`

- Create a new editor instance even if one is already open:

`kate {{[-n|--new]}}`

- Open a file with the cursor at the specific line:

`kate {{[-l|--line]}} {{line_number}} {{path/to/file}}`

- Open a file with the cursor at the specific line and column:

`kate {{[-l|--line]}} {{line_number}} {{[-c|--column]}} {{column_number}} {{path/to/file}}`

- Create a file from `stdin`:

`cat {{path/to/file}} | kate {{[-i|--stdin]}}`

- Display help:

`kate {{[-h|--help]}}`