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The a command in Vim

Command

append

Append — enter insert mode after the cursor. Also used as the "around" selector in text objects (a{selector}). Ctrl-a increments the number under the cursor.
Examples
Related plugin

tpope/vim-speeddating — Increment dates, times, and more with CTRL-a/CTRL-x.

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