How to move cursor to end of line in vi editor


linux, macIt’s very slow to move the cursor to the end of a long line in vi editor. But if you know the shortcut key, move cursor to end of the line is just a key press. Holding the right button and wait the cursor move to the end of the line is a slow method, wat we need is fast and efficient.

To move cursor to the end of a line, follow the steps below:-

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  • Start your terminal and edit a file with your vi editor
  • now move your cursor to the a long line and press
    Shift + 4
  • You will see your cursor jump to the end of the line, cool right!

To move the cursor to the beginning of the line, you may press 0 (numeric zero).




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One Response to “How to move cursor to end of line in vi editor”

  1. webreac says:

    The correct keys are 0 and $.
    It just happens that shift+4 is the same as the key $ on qwerty keyboard, but this is very specific (there are so many keyboard types).

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