On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 09:43:21AM +0000, 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?
This colon (ed) command works in FreeBSD's included vi's command mode: :%s/^M//g followed by pressing Enter. The ^M (or Ctrl-M) typed to show it here should actually be entered by pressing ^v ^M in sequence. (The ^v preface tells vi to use the next keystroke literally instead of taking it as a command.) In a slight variation you can take advantage the replacement field in the substitution (which I left blank) to produce a blank line between the original lines -- useful when the ^M marks the paragraph breaks: :%s/^M/^M/g It looks redundant, but after playing with the first version you'll probably see what's going on. You may also find the following short-cut useful for simpler files: :%s/^M i.e., press Enter just after getting the ^M on the command line, thus ending prematurely. This works quite usefully when the file has only one ^M per line and none embedded. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"