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nano: Open specific files, moving to the next file when closing the previous one.
$ nano ${filename1 filename2 ---}
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The command nano is a text editor that is commonly used in Unix-based operating systems.

In this specific command, ${filename1 filename2 ---} is a placeholder for one or more filenames that you can specify. The --- is used to indicate the end of the list of filenames.

By including the filenames within the ${} notation, it implies that you can provide multiple filenames to the nano command at once, separated by spaces. For example, if you have two files named "file1.txt" and "file2.txt", the command would look like:

nano file1.txt file2.txt

This command would open both "file1.txt" and "file2.txt" in the nano text editor, allowing you to edit them simultaneously.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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