title: How to get character count using vi or vim
body: <p>How do you get character location count from a text file using vi?</p>
  
  <p>I tried ":goto number" and it does not work in Linux. </p>
  
  <p>To clarify my question, if I have a file with say 3 lines: </p>
  
  <pre><code>I am going for a walk 
  because today is a 
  beautiful day.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to say find me a letter in position 30 and it will jump to line 2 highlighting letter 't' from word 'today'. This is similar to concept of <code>:goto 30</code> in macos vi but for Linux</p>