Re: Open file and position cursor at column number?

On 01/23/12 06:45, Trevor Bača wrote:
> How can I open a file and have the cursor automatically
> positioned at column number n?
>
> Something like ...
>
> vim +024l foo.txt
>
> ... but where "024l" would be interpreted as a normal command
> instead of an ex command.

You can use the "-c" command combined with the "norm" ex command
to do things like

vim +42 -c'norm 15|' file.txt

which will go to column 15 on line 42

-tim

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