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MICRO TEXT EDITOR - CHEATSHEET
Category Shortcut Action
File & General Ctrl + S Save file
Ctrl + Q Quit current tab
Ctrl + O Open a file
Ctrl + E Open command bar
Ctrl + G Open help menu
Ctrl + H Show keybindings help
Text Editing Ctrl + Z Undo action
Ctrl + Y Redo action
Ctrl + C Copy selected text
Ctrl + X Cut selected text
Ctrl + V Paste text
Ctrl + A Select all text
Ctrl + D Duplicate line
Ctrl + K Delete line
Tab Indent text
Shift + Tab Unindent text
Navigation Ctrl + F Find / Search text
Ctrl + N Find next match
Ctrl + P Find previous match
Ctrl + R Replace text
Ctrl + L Jump to line number
Ctrl + Home Jump to top of file
Ctrl + End Jump to bottom of file
Alt + Left / Right Move cursor word by word
Ctrl + Up / Down Scroll view up / down
Multi-Cursor Alt + N Select next match
Alt + X Skip current match
Alt + P Remove last cursor
Alt + C Clear all extra cursors
Alt + Shift + Up Add cursor line above
Alt + Shift + Down Add cursor line below
Alt + M Cursors from selection
Ctrl + Left Click Add manual cursor (Mouse)
Tabs & Splits Ctrl + T Open new empty tab
Alt + . Move to next tab
Alt + , Move to previous tab
Ctrl + W Split window horizontally
Ctrl + E then type vsplit Split window vertically
Alt + Arrow Keys Move cursor between splits

Would you like to know how to save this table to a local markdown file via your terminal, or should we look at changing the editor theme?

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Installation and set it up alias

curl https://getmic.ro | bash

sudo mv micro /usr/local/bin/

micro ~/.bashrc

alias micro='/usr/local/bin/micro'
alias nano='micro'
export EDITOR='micro'
export VISUAL='micro'

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abdulwahidgul24085 commented Jul 27, 2026

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Install and set it up alias

curl https://getmic.ro | bash

sudo mv micro /usr/local/bin/

micro ~/.bashrc

alias micro='/usr/local/bin/micro'
alias nano='micro'
export EDITOR='micro'
export VISUAL='micro'

source ~/.bashrc

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