These commands may be used to edit an e-mail message while composing or a Unix file. Many of them are the same as pine commands.

To open a file in your home directory to view or edit, type pico filename at the $ prompt

$pico test  (where test is the name of the file)

This will open up the file for you to edit using pico commands. To exit the file, type ^X (control X) and answer Y(es) when it asks if you would like to save the changes. You can save periodically without exiting by typing ^O (control O)

^G display the help text (^ = control)
^F move forward a character
^B move backward a character
^P move to the previous line
^N move to the next line
^A move to the beginning of the current line
^E move to the end of the current line
^V move forward a page of text
^Y move back a page of text
^W search for (where is) text; not case-sensitive
^L refresh the display
^D delete the character at the cursor position
^K cut selected text (generally the current line)
^U uncut (paste) last cut text inserting it at the current cursor position
^I insert a tab at the current cursor position
^T justify the current paragraph
^C report current cursor position
^R insert an external file at the current cursor position
^O output the current buffer to a file, saving it
^X exit pico, saving buffer

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