vi: how can I jump to end of file with a new line appended?

Question

Here's an answer I want about 5 times a day.

In vi, the command to go to the end of the file is G.

But that always leaves me at the start of the last line of the file, if files don't have a blank line at the end.

How can I jump to the end of the file and append a new blank line, so that I can just start typing?

Thanks!

score 61 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 28 '11 at 14:25

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What about Go, successively? ;-)

edited Jun 28 '11 at 14:25

akira

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answered Jun 28 '11 at 11:27

binfalse

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score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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An alternative with command line:

:$put _

If you want to understand that, you can also read this answer on registers

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

Community

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answered Jun 28 '11 at 14:07

Benoit

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '11 at 11:27

One way to do this is to create a macro and place it in your .vimrc file.

map , GA<enter>

This will map the comma key. When pressed, vi will go to the end of the file, go to the end of that line and create a new blank line. This will also leave you in insert / edit mode.

vi: how can I jump to end of file with a new line appended?

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