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These instructions work equally well if you are using the nano program to edit files. Just replace pico with nano below and everything here will work the same.

To open a file named FILENAME with pico.

    pico FILENAME

To save the file without exiting, use the Ctrl key and the "o" key.

    Ctrl-o

It will prompt you for the filename to save it to. If you want to save it to the same name (the usual), just hit Enter. Otherwise, enter in a new filename and hit Enter.

To save the file and exit, use the Ctrl key and the "x" key.

    Ctrl-x

It will prompt you for the filename to save it to. If you want to save it to the same name (the usual), just hit Enter. Otherwise, enter in a new filename and hit Enter.

There are a bunch of other commands at the bottom of the screen, most involving the Ctrl key. You can explore these at your leisure.