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How do you get line numbers in Vi? I tried once but `:set number` put them inside the file!

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to get line numbers:

:set nu

to remove line numbers:

:set nonu

the line numbers aren't added to the file. they're just shown on the vi editor.

and if you like vim & git i highly recommend: vim-gitgutter

I am pretty sure you have to add it to the configuration file for line numbers to display each time you open a new file.

So the "rc" in vimrc means "run commands". And while the term gets abused, by and large what's in vimrc can just be run directly by yourself in vim without a file. All the config file really does is run a list of commands on startup.

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