editing vi editor

[Jack_126]

how to insert line numbres in the edited file.
using vi editor.I mean if the file is big and I want to give number to each line.So that I can go to the perticular line no.

[Ranjith_5 · Accepted solution]

do the following.

vi
press ESC key
then type ":se nu"


and if u wanna go to a particular line,
press ESC key
type ":

hope this will help u.

for more functions see man page of vi.

Regards,
Syam

[Jack_126]

Thanks, its working.

Regards
Jack