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How to count the number of characters on each line in vim?

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Mar 15, 20268265 views
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In vim, how can I count the number of characters on each line? For example, if I open a file with above text, I want to see counts like below

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of characters?

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Another way: UPDATE: Even shorter (every keystroke counts!): since I just now noticed that length defaults to entire line.

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