bash function that allow vim to be called with “file.c:xx:yy:”

vim.bash

# make it possible to pass file names from gcc errors, e.g. “foo.c:3:14:”,
# directly to vim and have vim jump to line 3, column 14.

vim()
{
    if [[ $# -eq 1 && $1 =~ (.*):([[:digit:]]+):([[:digit:]]+): ]]; then
        FILE="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
        LINE="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
        COL="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
        $(which vim) -c "call cursor($LINE,$COL)" $FILE
    else
        $(which vim) $@
    fi
}