vim - open file and goto line number using <filename>:<line nbr>:

You can use the file:line plugin available here, which does exactly what you want...

There isn't a way, and I think a script is the only way. The reason being, what if you had a file called setup.cfg:11 and wanted to edit it?

Here is a quick script that does what you want as a oneliner...

editline() { vim ${1%%:*} +${1##*:}; }

With Vundle.vim, add this to your .vimrc:

Plugin 'bogado/file-line'