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How to get the current line length in VI editor?

Is there a way to check the length of the current line where the cursor is currently in the VI editor? I tried searching in Google but all I could find is how to see the line number in the currently opened file using "set nu".

Solution

  • Write to current line to a shell command:

    :.w !wc -c

    Also note that the length with wc -c includes the \n. When you don't want that, substract one or use something like 

    :.w !tr -d '\n'|wc -c