go to character in vim

Question

I m getting an error message from a python script at position 21490    How can I go to this position in Vim

User · Accepted Answer

goto 21490 will take you to the 21490th byte in the buffer

User · Answer

vim  21490go script py   From the command line will open the file and take you to position 21490 in the buffer   Triggering it from the command line like this allows you to automate a script to parse the exception message and open the file to the problem position     Excerpt from man vim      command   -c  command         command  will be executed after the first file has been read    command  is interpreted as an Ex command   If the     command  contains spaces it must be  enclosed  in  double  quotes      this depends on the shell that is used

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