Today I Learned

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Move to column in Vim

Jumping to a specific line in Vim is something I do all the time:

10G
# move to line number 10

In the last couple days I've wanted to jump to a specific character in a line. I did a quick Google search and found that you use pipe:

10|
# move to character number 10 in your current line

I wondered if there was anything else to know, so I hit the help file:

:he |

Which gives you:

To screen column [count] in the current line. exclusive motion. Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

And I was like, whaaa? A little more Googling and I found this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images

And that there is a list of Vim help easter eggs:

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Best_Vim_Tips#Easter_eggs

It was like a TIL three-for-one!!

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