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Many text files can be opened at once using

vim *txt

I know I can use :<int>n to move forward <int> files, but I don't know how to get to the last opened file. So far I've tried :1000n to intentionally overshoot but that gives the error

E165: Cannot go beyond last file

From there I just resort to a binary search trying to get to the end, which takes a while, i.e., :500n, :250n, 125n, ...

How can I get to the last opened file in vim?

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    :last is correct but if you want to know how many files were on the command line, you can use Ctrl-G in command mode
    – ChatterOne
    Aug 15, 2019 at 14:03

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You can use :last.

See :help :last for more details. You might be interested in the other commands around it for managing files in :args as well.

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