micro(1)                    General Commands Manual                   micro(1)

NAME
       micro - A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

SYNOPSIS
       micro [OPTION]... [FILE]... [+LINE[:COL]] [+/REGEX]
       micro [OPTION]... [FILE[:LINE[:COL]]]...  (only if the `parsecursor`
       option is enabled)

DESCRIPTION
       Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and
       intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of
       modern terminals. It comes as one single, batteries-included, static
       binary with no dependencies.

       As the name indicates, micro aims to be somewhat of a successor to the
       nano editor by being easy to install and use in a pinch, but micro also
       aims to be enjoyable to use full time, whether you work in the terminal
       because you prefer it (like me), or because you need to (over ssh).

       Use Ctrl-q to quit, Ctrl-s to save, and Ctrl-g to open the in-editor
       help menu.

OPTIONS
       -clean
           Clean the configuration directory and exit

       -config-dir dir
           Specify a custom location for the configuration directory

       FILE:LINE[:COL] (only if the `parsecursor` option is enabled)
       FILE +LINE[:COL]
           Specify a line and column to start the cursor at when opening a
           buffer

       +/REGEX
           Specify a regex to search for when opening a buffer

       -options
           Show all options help and exit

       -debug
           Enable debug mode (enables logging to ./log.txt)

       -profile
           Enable CPU profiling (writes profile info to ./micro.prof so it can
           be analyzed later with "go tool pprof micro.prof")

       -version
           Show the version number and information and exit

       Micro's plugins can be managed at the command line with the following
       commands.

           -plugin install [PLUGIN]...
               Install plugin(s)

           -plugin remove [PLUGIN]...
               Remove plugin(s)

           -plugin update [PLUGIN]...
               Update plugin(s) (if no argument is given, updates all plugins)

           -plugin search [PLUGIN]...
               Search for a plugin

           -plugin list
               List installed plugins

           -plugin available
               List available plugins

       Micro's options can also be set via command line arguments for quick
       adjustments. For real configuration, please use the settings.json file
       (see 'help options').

           -<option> value
               Set `option` to `value` for this session.
               For example: `micro -syntax off file.c`

       Use `micro -options` to see the full list of configuration options.

CONFIGURATION
       Micro uses $MICRO_CONFIG_HOME as the configuration directory.  If this
       environment variable is not set, it uses $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/micro
       instead.  If that environment variable is not set, it uses
       ~/.config/micro as the configuration directory.  In the documentation,
       we use ~/.config/micro to refer to the configuration directory (even if
       it may in fact be somewhere else if you have set either of the above
       environment variables).

NOTICE
       This manpage is intended only to serve as a quick guide to the
       invocation of micro and is not intended to replace the full
       documentation included with micro which can be accessed from within
       micro. Micro tells you what key combination to press to get help in the
       lower right.

BUGS
       A comprehensive list of bugs will not be listed in this manpage. See
       the Github page at https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues for a list
       of known bugs and to report any newly encountered bugs you may find. We
       strive to correct bugs as swiftly as possible.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2020 Zachary Yedidia, et al. MIT license.  See
       https://github.com/zyedidia/micro for details.

                                  2025-09-03                          micro(1)