Scrolling down both parts of a split-window at the same time in Vim

Question

Is it possible to scroll down the left and right parts of a vertically split window in Vim? I have two files I would like to compare roughly. Each line of these files looks

Answer 1

From the command line:

vim -O file1 file2 -c 'windo set scb!'

-O = open side by side.

-c = what follows in quotes is treated as a vim option.

'windo' = apply to all panels.

'scb' = shorthand for scrollbind. Saves some typing, but the two are interchangeable.

'!' = toggle. This way you can use the same command to turn it off later if you choose to.