tldr/pages/common/micro.md

# micro

> A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor.
> You can use your keyboard, but also your mouse to navigate and/or select text.
> More information: <https://micro-editor.github.io>.

- Open a file:

`micro {{path/to/file}}`

- Save a file:

`<Ctrl s>`

- Cut the entire line:

`<Ctrl k>`

- Search for a pattern in the file (press `<Ctrl n>`/`<Ctrl p>` to go to next/previous match):

`<Ctrl f>{{pattern}}<Enter>`

- Execute a command:

`<Ctrl e>{{command}}<Enter>`

- Perform a substitution in the whole file:

`<Ctrl e>replaceall "{{pattern}}" "{{replacement}}"<Enter>`

- Quit:

`<Ctrl q>`