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syntagma
syntagma

Reputation: 24324

Can I configure Vim to go to the end of particular file?

I have a text file that I append some text to. I would like to configure Vim to go to the end of this particular file each time I open it.

How do I do this for a single file?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 287

Answers (2)

toshi
toshi

Reputation: 566

if you're on a linux or on mac, you can use "tail"

tail -f n20 filename.log

^ this will keep showing the new lines. the file will be showing the 20 last lines.

Upvotes: 0

René Nyffenegger
René Nyffenegger

Reputation: 40499

If you put the following line into your vimrc, it will move the cursor to the last line of your-file-name.txt when you open it:

autocmd BufRead your-file-name.txt normal G

It will not, however, leave you in insert mode. If you also want to start inserting when you read the file, you need a slightly more complicated line in your vimrc:

autocmd BufRead your-file-name.txt execute "normal G$"|startinsert!

Upvotes: 8

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