Command-line tool

vim

brew/vim

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Vi 'workalike' with many additional features utility tool text-editing text-editor 工具 代码编辑器 code-editor 实用工具 vi 文本编辑器 g-vim gvim

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id vim.vim -e
scoop install vim

macOS

brew install vim

Linux

brew install vim

Open a file

vim path/to/file

Open a file at a specified line number

vim +line_number path/to/file

View Vim's help manual

<:>help<Enter>

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