Real programmers like line numbers. They were invaluable in identifying the source code line of syntax errors back when all the output came off the line printer.
:set number
For syntax highlighting the command is:
syntax on
Note: You may need to install the 'fanciest' versions of vi.
yum install vim-enhanced yum install vim-common
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