To print line number on screen and hardcopies such as printer type the following two commands while vim / vi text editor is open:
set number
set printoptions=number:y
Make sure you add above two commands to your ~/.vimrc file; so that settings get loaded everytime you start the vim text editor.
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Great tip, thanks guys (and google)
Awesome!
What is great tip , it working good.
what a great tip, it’s working…
Thanks for your tip, it works very well!
Good to remember, thanks Vivek.
– Philippe