How can I open vim with a particular line number at the top?

Question

I know it is possible to have vim open a file at particular line number using this syntax:

vim +500 filename

However, I would like it to op

Answer 1

As an alternative (because I ended up here searching for it), if you want to have the syntax vim :, eg vim test.rb:45, you can use vim-fetch with Vundle:

Plugin 'kopischke/vim-fetch'