Using vi to display a line number

[noiz]

Hi

I'm trying to find a way to use vi to display the line number of a file of the first occurance of a word in a file.
I guess i could use awk but was wondering if their was another way to do it in vi.

tks

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[MikeLacey]

You can do that in two steps

/word
G

Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
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[prv3116]

vi filename

:set nu

/word

 

[dcutinha]

Hi

For setting this open a file .exrc in your home directory
and enter the following line

set nu

and save the file

You shd be able to get the line numbers when u open vi the next time on

Regards

D..

 

[crowe]

if all you want is the line number of the first instance of a word in a file, you could skip vi and try:

grep -n word file | head -1

 

[jbcamel]

/word (to find the word)
Ctrl/g (will display line number at bottom of screen)