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# 1  
Old 12-07-2004
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Hi there,

Is there a way to position the cursor at EOF in vi, I know from the man pages how to position the cursor at the end of a paragraph, but what about the EOF (End Of File).

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# 2  
Old 12-07-2004
You can place yourself at the last line of the file using
vi + /my/file/here

Cheers
ZB
# 3  
Old 12-07-2004
For what is worth, In vi CNTRL-G will also take you to the last line. Shift-A will take you to the end of a line (though you will be appending). Maybe not exactly what you wanted but it might be the closest you will get.
# 4  
Old 12-07-2004
Quote:
In vi CNTRL-G will also take you to the last line
It's Shift-G Smilie Ctrl-G prints file name, line, column, etc - information.

To place your self at the end of the last line do...
ESC (to place yourself in command mode)
Shift-G (to go to the last line)
$ (to go to the end of the line - not appending)

Cheers
ZB
# 5  
Old 12-07-2004
ESC
:
$

aswell takes u to the last line in the file.

and one more $ takes you to the EOF.


or as said before by google Zbob ,

CTRL+G gives M of N .... where N is total number of lines in that file.

Goto last line and reach EOF by

ESC
:
N
and then $ to reach EOF.
# 6  
Old 12-07-2004
Quote:
Originally posted by bhargav
CTRL+G gives M of N .... where N is total number of lines in that file.

Goto last line and reach EOF by

ESC
:
N
and then $ to reach EOF.
Yes, but having to look at the output from CTRL+G, then plugging that into :N (i.e. :230 or whatever) is all extra uneccesary keystrokes. A simple SHIFT-G gets you down to the last line with no hassle. Or, as you suggest :$ does the same thing.

Cheers
ZB
# 7  
Old 12-08-2004
Quote:
It's Shift-G Ctrl-G prints file name, line, column, etc - information.
Smilie I knew that! Thanks for catching that.
 
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