How to move to end of line in vim

Question

I am somewhat clumsy in my vi knowledge. I know how to generally move around in command mode, specifically, jumping to lines, etc. But what is the command to jump to the end of the line that I am currently on?

Answer 1

The dollar sign: $

Answer 2

Just the $ key. You can use 'A' to move to the end of the line and switch to editing mode.

Answer 3

per this: Press A to enter edit mode starting at the end of the line.

Answer 4

$

Checkout this VIM cheat sheet

Answer 5

Or there's the obvious answer: use the 'End' key to go to the end of the line.

Answer 6

The advantage of the 'End' key is it works in both normal and insert modes.

'$' works in normal/command mode only but it also works in the classic vi editor (good to know when vim is not available).

Answer 7

As lots of people have said:

• $ - gets you to the end of the line

but also:

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

Answer 8

If your current line wraps around the visible screen onto the next line, you can use g$ to get to the end of the screen line.

Answer 9

Possibly unrelated, but if you want to start a new line after the current line, you can use o anywhere in the line.

Answer 10

'$' jumps to the end of the line and selects the last non-whitespace character 'A' jumps to the last whitespace character

Answer 11

• $ moves to the last character on the line.
• g _ goes to the last non-whitespace character.