How can I retrieve the character position of a specific character in a file using VI?

Question

I need to retrieve the character position of a character in a file. How can I do this, using Vi?

Answer 1

Search for the character that you want with:

/<char_you_want>

Then press Ctrl-g. You should see something like 45,28 in the bottom left. The second number is the position of the character. The first number is the line number.