Select entire line in VIM, without the new line character

Question

Which is the shortest way to select an entire line without the new line character in VIM?

I know that SHIFT + v selects the entire line

Answer 1

Adding on to the answer by @glts, you can replicate the functionality of the textobj-line plugin using only vanilla vim mappings, no plugin installation required.

To do so, add the following to your .vimrc

vnoremap al :normal 0v$h
omap al :normal val
vnoremap il :normal ^vg_
omap il :normal vil

The al text object (short for 'a line') includes all characters in a line, but not the terminating newline. This includes all white space.

The il text object (short for 'inside line') goes from the first non-blank character to the last non-blank character.

Commands such as yil,val, and cil work as expected.