I'm using putty to view a 30+MB file in vi on a Linux server, and I have to use PgDn to scroll to the bottom of the page. I realize I can use tail but I want to be able to move up and down the file with it open in vi. Is there not a way to go to end of file or top of file immediately using a keyboard shortcut?

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The key for the end of file is G (uppercase g).

See vi cheat sheet, for example.

The answer is a simple G in normal mode. That is capital G, not g.

You can also open a file and directly go to the end of it using:

vim +$ thefile

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