Is there a way to make vim recognize line numbers at end of filenames?

Question

I work almost exclusively in the terminal, and very often I need to view files that appear in error stacktraces. A very common format is /some/file:99, where 99 is the line number. I'd like to be able to copy that line, and open goto that line easily in vim.

What I'm looking for is the ability to do :e /some/file:99, and vim automatically opens that file at line 99. Does something like this exist? If not, is it possible to write a plugin for it?

Answer 1

The edit command can take options, so try this:

:e +99 /some/file

Just found this link:

http://vim.runpaint.org/basics/opening-files/

You may prefix the filename with +linenumber to instruct Vim to jump to the given line after opening. For example, vim +7 todo.list or :e +100 treatise.txt. If you omit linenumber, i.e. you prefix the filename with +, Vim will jump to the end of the file.

Answer 2

If you can redirect /some/file:99 to a file then you can jump to /some/file at line 99 by just pressing gF when you cursor is on file's name.

Answer 3

This plugin was designed with this specific purpose in mind: file:line