Tuesday, February 8, 2011

replace ^M with newline in vim

Sometimes, well, rarely, I need to edit a windows file in linux. And when this happens I usually need to replace the DOS newline with a unix newline.

vi(m) to the rescue:

:%s/^M/\r/g


To get a ^M, you need to do Ctrl-V followed by Ctrl-M
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  1. UnknownFebruary 24, 2014 at 12:34 PM

    THANK YOU

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  2. UnknownMay 15, 2014 at 10:28 AM

    Thanks for supplying the "To get a ^M, you need to do Ctrl-V followed by Ctrl-M" part of instruction! I've found 10 other tutorials/tips on this that neglect this critical step.

    Rouble to the rescue!

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