Command-line tool

gedit

brew/gedit

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GNOME text editor

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/gedit

macOS

brew install gedit

Linux

brew install gedit

Open a text file

gedit path/to/file

Open multiple text files

gedit file1 file2 ...

Open a text file with a specific encoding

gedit --encoding UTF-8 path/to/file

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