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My experiments generate several log files, which I sometimes monitor manually. Some of the log files have an error message in the last line.
I want to open all log files with the cursor located at the last line. One solution can be
vim file1.log:128 file2.log:277
with last line numbers 128 and 277 determined by some wrapper code.
Is there a simpler solution?
You can use
vim *.log +'argdo norm! G'
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The + [cmd] allows you to run an ex command when you start vim and the command argdo norm! G will run norm! G on all the files being opened.
Of course you can replace *.log by the list of files you want to open.
EDIT to address the comments:
:h :$ being a valid ex commands norm! G can be replaced by $ to save some keystrokes
vim *.log +'argdo $'
And if you invoke Vim with the -p parameter which opens every buffers in their own tab you can replace argdo by tabdo to have the command executed on every tab instead of every buffers.
:h norm says this commands allows you to write as an ex command a normal mode command. Which means that norm G is the equivalent of pressing G while you are in normal mode i.e. going to the last line of the file. If you use norm $ you will put your cursor at the end of the first line.
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Oct 1, 2019 at 20:56
:p, so in addition to moving the cursor on the line, it also has the undesired effect of printing it (compare :$ vs :$|let var=0; both move the cursor, but the second one also prints the last line). To avoid this pitfall, you can use :exe (e.g. :exe '$'|let var=0).
Oct 1, 2019 at 20:56
-q