sensible-editor
Open user's preferred text editor
TLDR
Open a file in the default editor
$ sensible-editor path/to/file
Open with cursor at end of file$ sensible-editor + path/to/file
Open with cursor at line 10$ sensible-editor +10 path/to/file
Open multiple files in split windows$ sensible-editor -O3 path/to/file1 path/to/file2 path/to/file3
SYNOPSIS
sensible-editor [options] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
sensible-editor opens files in the user's preferred text editor. It checks environment variables (VISUAL, EDITOR) and system defaults to determine which editor to launch.
Options are passed through to the underlying editor (typically vim, nano, or emacs).
PARAMETERS
+
Position cursor at end of file+N
Position cursor at line N-ON
Open N files in vertical split
CAVEATS
Behavior depends on environment configuration and which editor is default. Some options may not work with all editors.
HISTORY
Part of sensible-utils package, providing Debian policy-compliant default application launchers.
SEE ALSO
editor(1), update-alternatives(8)