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josephgrey
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 Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: vim search an replace^M Not working for me.^@ |
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I have obtained a file with many "^M" characters where newlines should be.
I've tried
That is --
:s/[control-v][control-m]/\n/g[enter]
vim finds all the ^M characters and replaces them with ^@.
I can replace the ^M with \t and the characters turn into tabs. If I then attempt to turn the \t's to \n's they turn into ^@'s. So, its some kind of problem with substituting the newlines.
I think this worked for me at one time. I must be doing something incorrectly. Could someone help me out? |
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cwr
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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If you're cleaning up a DOS file, one approach is:
:%s/.$//
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ppurka
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | :set fileformat=unix
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josephgrey
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Both of those commands result in the same thing--^M's turn to ^@'s.
I don't know what the deal is. |
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ok
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | :s/^M/^M/g
:s/[control-v][control-m]/[control-v][control-m]/g[enter] |
works for me, don't ask why.. |
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momofuku
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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Instead of [ctrl] + M you should actually press [ctrl] + v + [enter].
OR :%s/\r//g
Hope this helps |
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yabbadabbadont
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | emerge dos2unix
dos2unix filename
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