How to exit nano from a different terminal?
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I was ssh'ing into a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, editing a file with nano, when I lost my internet connection (by leaving the WiFi zone). After reconnecting an hour later, I found that the pi had kicked me out, but after logging back in, I saw that it did not stop the task. When I reopened nano, it told me that the file was being edited by the previous nano process, and it gave me the PID. I made substantial changes to the file and forgot to save, but presumably the changes are still there.
How can I tell nano to save & quit (^O -> Enter -> ^X) or reopen the task in a new shell, from outside the original process?
bash process raspbian nano
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I was ssh'ing into a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, editing a file with nano, when I lost my internet connection (by leaving the WiFi zone). After reconnecting an hour later, I found that the pi had kicked me out, but after logging back in, I saw that it did not stop the task. When I reopened nano, it told me that the file was being edited by the previous nano process, and it gave me the PID. I made substantial changes to the file and forgot to save, but presumably the changes are still there.
How can I tell nano to save & quit (^O -> Enter -> ^X) or reopen the task in a new shell, from outside the original process?
bash process raspbian nano
asked May 3 at 20:58
OldBunny2800
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It's unlikely you'll be able to reattach to that session, or send it anything meaningful. If nano 'knows' that the file is open, there's a good chance that the temporary save has been written somewhere and this serverfault answer may be how you are required to resolve this: serverfault.com/questions/453703/…
– cunninghamp3
May 3 at 21:12
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One of nano’s online man pages indicates it will write buffers out to files named nano.save if it receives a HUP or TERM signal. Test on an innocent file first!
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:16
maybe this link will help you : unix.stackexchange.com/questions/31824/…
– D'Arcy Nader
May 3 at 21:16
I see a <myfile.py.save> file in my directory, thanks @JeffSchaller, would you like to write an answer?
– OldBunny2800
May 3 at 21:17
I would, but cannot right now. Please feel free to do so yourself.
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:33
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I was ssh'ing into a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, editing a file with nano, when I lost my internet connection (by leaving the WiFi zone). After reconnecting an hour later, I found that the pi had kicked me out, but after logging back in, I saw that it did not stop the task. When I reopened nano, it told me that the file was being edited by the previous nano process, and it gave me the PID. I made substantial changes to the file and forgot to save, but presumably the changes are still there.
How can I tell nano to save & quit (^O -> Enter -> ^X) or reopen the task in a new shell, from outside the original process?
bash process raspbian nano
asked May 3 at 20:58
OldBunny2800
1415
I was ssh'ing into a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, editing a file with nano, when I lost my internet connection (by leaving the WiFi zone). After reconnecting an hour later, I found that the pi had kicked me out, but after logging back in, I saw that it did not stop the task. When I reopened nano, it told me that the file was being edited by the previous nano process, and it gave me the PID. I made substantial changes to the file and forgot to save, but presumably the changes are still there.
How can I tell nano to save & quit (^O -> Enter -> ^X) or reopen the task in a new shell, from outside the original process?
bash process raspbian nano
asked May 3 at 20:58
OldBunny2800
1415
asked May 3 at 20:58
OldBunny2800
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asked May 3 at 20:58
OldBunny2800
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asked May 3 at 20:58
OldBunny2800
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It's unlikely you'll be able to reattach to that session, or send it anything meaningful. If nano 'knows' that the file is open, there's a good chance that the temporary save has been written somewhere and this serverfault answer may be how you are required to resolve this: serverfault.com/questions/453703/…
– cunninghamp3
May 3 at 21:12
1
One of nano’s online man pages indicates it will write buffers out to files named nano.save if it receives a HUP or TERM signal. Test on an innocent file first!
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:16
maybe this link will help you : unix.stackexchange.com/questions/31824/…
– D'Arcy Nader
May 3 at 21:16
I see a <myfile.py.save> file in my directory, thanks @JeffSchaller, would you like to write an answer?
– OldBunny2800
May 3 at 21:17
I would, but cannot right now. Please feel free to do so yourself.
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:33
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It's unlikely you'll be able to reattach to that session, or send it anything meaningful. If nano 'knows' that the file is open, there's a good chance that the temporary save has been written somewhere and this serverfault answer may be how you are required to resolve this: serverfault.com/questions/453703/…
– cunninghamp3
May 3 at 21:12
1
One of nano’s online man pages indicates it will write buffers out to files named nano.save if it receives a HUP or TERM signal. Test on an innocent file first!
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:16
maybe this link will help you : unix.stackexchange.com/questions/31824/…
– D'Arcy Nader
May 3 at 21:16
I see a <myfile.py.save> file in my directory, thanks @JeffSchaller, would you like to write an answer?
– OldBunny2800
May 3 at 21:17
I would, but cannot right now. Please feel free to do so yourself.
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:33
3
3
It's unlikely you'll be able to reattach to that session, or send it anything meaningful. If nano 'knows' that the file is open, there's a good chance that the temporary save has been written somewhere and this serverfault answer may be how you are required to resolve this: serverfault.com/questions/453703/…
– cunninghamp3
May 3 at 21:12
It's unlikely you'll be able to reattach to that session, or send it anything meaningful. If nano 'knows' that the file is open, there's a good chance that the temporary save has been written somewhere and this serverfault answer may be how you are required to resolve this: serverfault.com/questions/453703/…
– cunninghamp3
May 3 at 21:12
1
1
One of nano’s online man pages indicates it will write buffers out to files named nano.save if it receives a HUP or TERM signal. Test on an innocent file first!
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:16
One of nano’s online man pages indicates it will write buffers out to files named nano.save if it receives a HUP or TERM signal. Test on an innocent file first!
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:16
maybe this link will help you : unix.stackexchange.com/questions/31824/…
– D'Arcy Nader
May 3 at 21:16
maybe this link will help you : unix.stackexchange.com/questions/31824/…
– D'Arcy Nader
May 3 at 21:16
I see a <myfile.py.save> file in my directory, thanks @JeffSchaller, would you like to write an answer?
– OldBunny2800
May 3 at 21:17
I see a <myfile.py.save> file in my directory, thanks @JeffSchaller, would you like to write an answer?
– OldBunny2800
May 3 at 21:17
I would, but cannot right now. Please feel free to do so yourself.
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:33
I would, but cannot right now. Please feel free to do so yourself.
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:33
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In the comments, @JeffSchaller noted that a terminated nano process saves the unwritten file in file_path.extension.save.
If it is there, which it was for me, it is a simple matter of mving the file into its original name.
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up vote
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In the comments, @JeffSchaller noted that a terminated nano process saves the unwritten file in file_path.extension.save.
If it is there, which it was for me, it is a simple matter of mving the file into its original name.
answered May 3 at 21:39
OldBunny2800
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
In the comments, @JeffSchaller noted that a terminated nano process saves the unwritten file in file_path.extension.save.
If it is there, which it was for me, it is a simple matter of mving the file into its original name.
answered May 3 at 21:39
OldBunny2800
1415
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
In the comments, @JeffSchaller noted that a terminated nano process saves the unwritten file in file_path.extension.save.
If it is there, which it was for me, it is a simple matter of mving the file into its original name.
answered May 3 at 21:39
OldBunny2800
1415
In the comments, @JeffSchaller noted that a terminated nano process saves the unwritten file in file_path.extension.save.
If it is there, which it was for me, it is a simple matter of mving the file into its original name.
answered May 3 at 21:39
OldBunny2800
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answered May 3 at 21:39
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answered May 3 at 21:39
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It's unlikely you'll be able to reattach to that session, or send it anything meaningful. If nano 'knows' that the file is open, there's a good chance that the temporary save has been written somewhere and this serverfault answer may be how you are required to resolve this: serverfault.com/questions/453703/…
– cunninghamp3
May 3 at 21:12
1
One of nano’s online man pages indicates it will write buffers out to files named nano.save if it receives a HUP or TERM signal. Test on an innocent file first!
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:16
maybe this link will help you : unix.stackexchange.com/questions/31824/…
– D'Arcy Nader
May 3 at 21:16
I see a <myfile.py.save> file in my directory, thanks @JeffSchaller, would you like to write an answer?
– OldBunny2800
May 3 at 21:17
I would, but cannot right now. Please feel free to do so yourself.
– Jeff Schaller
May 3 at 21:33