How do I move to end of line in Vim?

Solution 1:

Just the $ (dollar sign) key. You can use A to move to the end of the line and switch to editing mode (Append). To jump the last non-blank character, you can press g then _ keys.

The opposite of A is I (Insert mode at beginning of line), as an aside. Pressing just the ^ will place your cursor at the first non-white-space character of the line.

Solution 2:

As lots of people have said:

• $ gets you to the end of the line

but also:

• ^ or _ gets you to the first non-whitespace character in the line, and
• 0 (zero) gets you to the beginning of the line incl. whitespace

Solution 3:

• $ moves to the last character on the line.

• g _ goes to the last non-whitespace character.

• g $ goes to the end of the screen line (when a buffer line is wrapped across multiple screen lines)

Solution 4:

The main question - end of line

$ goes to the end of line, remains in command mode

A goes to the end of line, switches to insert mode

Conversely - start of line (technically the first non-whitespace character)

^ goes to the start of line, remains in command mode

I (uppercase i) goes to the start of line, switches to insert mode

Further - start of line (technically the first column irrespective of whitespace)

0 (zero) goes to the start of line, remains in command mode

0i (zero followed by lowercase i) goes the start of line, switches to insert mode

For those starting to learn vi, here is a good introduction to vi by listing side by side vi commands to typical Windows GUI Editor cursor movement and shortcut keys.

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