[ale] vi foo

Robert L. Harris Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Fri Oct 6 15:49:18 EDT 2006


In command mode (esc) try 100l
  (the number 100 and the letter l)
This should tell VI to go to the right 100 times, putting you in the 101
slot.

Thus spake Jim Popovitch (jimpop at yahoo.com):

> in vi (not the inferior emacs ;-)), how do I navigate to the 101st
> character in a file?  Is it even possible?
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
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