Substitute command on vi

[Murray Taylor]

This is a good vi incantation

(NB The ^V is only there to allow you to put in the ^M. The ^V doesnt 
show in the final command line, so dont panic that you cant see it)

:g/^V^M/s///g

ie

g/^V^M/   - find a ^M (any one will do, you dont need to be at the file
start)
s///      - substitute nothing for the ^M just found
g         - do this to all other ^M's


mjt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Denis R.
> Sent: Saturday, 6 May 2006 3:40 AM
> To: magalhj at yahoo.com.br
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: re: Substitute command on vi
> 
> Try
> #dos2unix file_name
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>
> Hi list,
> 
> I need to substitute a lot of characters ^M (ctrl+M) at the 
> end of each line in my file.
> 
> The command :%s/^M//g insn't have success.
> 
> How can i do it ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Aguiar
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