How to show line numbering in nano when opening a file in Linux

Chris Worner

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I use nano editor to edit file in Linux but it doesn't display line numbers, how can I enable this function in nano? or there is a way to make nano to automatically show line numbering each time I open a file?
 

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Hi Chris

You can enable line numbers in a couple of ways.

1. CTRL + C
2. Launch nano with line numbering: nano -c [filename]
 

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nano -c filename works fine for me. Did you include the [] ?
 

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No don't include the [] that's just in my example to specify the file

just use nano -c filename
 
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