Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:15:09 +0100 From: Bernard El-Hagin <zaphod@neostrada.pl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to get rid of ^M character using vi Message-ID: <u6n710dmdpmq1npothk0kmu0juqnviiqvt@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <200401250152.46526.kstewart@owt.com> References: <BAY13-F62bUpm0RnzXo00012ad5@hotmail.com> <200401250152.46526.kstewart@owt.com>
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Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> wrote: >On Sunday 25 January 2004 01:43 am, marlon corleone wrote: >> how do i get rid of this annoying character ^M using vi, in pico i >> used the arguments '-w' >> but what about in vi? > > >starting on the 1st line type >:.,$s/<ctrl>v<ctrl>m// > >The .,$ tells it to process from the current line to the last one. If you're doing this for the whole file it's faster to use % :%s/<ctrl>v<ctrl>m// It's even faster to use :se ff=3Dunix but that assumes we're talking about Vim, not Vi. --=20 Cheers, Bernard
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