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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T21:58:40+00:00 2026-05-10T21:58:40+00:00

In VIM in command line mode a % denotes the current file, cword denotes

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In VIM in command line mode a ‘%’ denotes the current file, ‘cword’ denotes the current word under the cursor. I want to create a shortcut where I need the current line number. What is the symbol which denotes this?

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  1. 2026-05-10T21:58:41+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 9:58 pm

    If you want to pass the current line number to a shell command, you could do

    :exe '!echo ' . line('.') 
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