Displaying line number in vi and go to a particular line

von Tobias Redmann

Execute the following commands to display the line number in VI:

Press ESC to enable the Command-Mode

:set number
ENTER

1 2	:set number ENTER

To hide the line numbers in VI, execute the following commands:
Press ESC to enable the Command-Mode

:set nonumber
ENTER

1 2	:set nonumber ENTER

To go to a particular line number – just enter:
Press ESC to enable the Command-Mode

:line number e.g. :238
ENTER

1 2	:line number e.g. :238 ENTER

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