Q. How do I display vi / vim text editor line numbers while writing a shell script or c program? How can I turn on or off this feature?
A. Displaying line numbers under vi / vim can be very useful for debugging code errors and to improve overall readability of a program.
A. Displaying line numbers under vi / vim can be very useful for debugging code errors and to improve overall readability of a program.
vi / vim show line number command
To display line numbers along the left side of a window, type any one of the following:
:set numberor
:set nu
:set numberor
:set nu
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To turn off line number again enter the same command:
:set nu!If you need number every time you start vi/vim, append following line to your ~/.vimrc file:
set numberSave and close the file.
Jump to particular line number from a shell prompt, enter:
$ vi +linenumber file.c $ vi +300 initlib.c