Elements of Line Number Expressions

• ‘integer’ value of the integer (e.g., 42).
• ‘.’ number of the current line in the buffer.
• ‘$’ number of the last line in the buffer.
• ‘^’ number of the previous line in the buffer (same as ‘.-1’).
• ‘-’ number of the previous line in the buffer (same as ‘^’).
• ‘#’ number of the first line on the screen.
• ‘/pattern[/]’ number of the next line in the buffer that matches the given pattern (e.g., ‘/February/’); the search proceeds to the end of the buffer, then wraps around to the beginning and back to the current line. The trailing ‘/’ is optional.
• ‘?pattern[?]’ number of the previous line in the buffer that matches the given pattern (e.g., ‘?January?’); search proceeds in reverse, from the current line to line 1, then from the last line back to the current line. The trailing ‘?’ is optional.
• ‘>name’ number of the next line having the given mark name.
• ‘<name’ number of the previous line having the given mark name.