On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well I have to appologize. The above works, but I can't figure out why. When > ever I look at dos files containing ^M at the end of the line the ^M is a > printable character rather than causing a new line. Oh well such is life. The escaped "^M" is equivalent to you typing "return" or "enter" at that point, vim will then behave as though you inserted a newline, I assume that the other vi clones do the same. -- Bill Crawford, Unix Systems Developer, GTS Netcom work: [EMAIL PROTECTED], home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] if (! (awake & TASK_RUNNABLE)) return -ENOCAFFEINE; _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list