I’ve been diving into using the nano text editor on Ubuntu, and I find myself running into a bit of a wall when it comes to editing text. It’s pretty user-friendly overall, but there’s this one thing I can’t quite figure out: how do I remove an entire line?

I usually work on scripts or configuration files that can get pretty messy. Sometimes, I type out a line that just doesn’t fit what I’m trying to do, and I need to delete it. I thought I could just navigate to the line I want to get rid of and hit the backspace or delete key, but that doesn’t seem to work the way I expected. I’d end up just clearing out the characters one by one, which is super inefficient and drives me nuts!

So, is there a shortcut or a specific command I can use to delete an entire line? I’ve seen people talk about using Ctrl or Alt keys for various commands, but I’m not sure which combination will do the trick. It would be awesome if I could do it in a single keystroke or maybe two at most.

Also, I’m curious if there’s a way to undo the delete if I accidentally remove the wrong line. I know nano has some undo functionality, but I’ve never tried to use it while deleting lines. Does it work with line deletions too? If anyone has tips or tricks for efficiently managing lines in nano, I would greatly appreciate it. I love a good clean edit, and being able to remove unwanted lines quickly would really help streamline my workflow.

So, if you’re out there and have a grip on this, please share your wisdom! Or if there are any other cool commands in nano that can help me out while I’m at it, I’d love to hear those too. Thanks a ton in advance!