How to remove ^M character

[Philip Payne]

HI,
> I ftp'd a file from windows to freebsd....not its every line 
> has ^M at its
> end.
> Is there some command in vi (or some way) by whcih ^M can be removed.
> 
> Thanks
> Anil

At the vi command line
    :1,$:s/<here type ctrl-v then ctrl-M to get the ^M control character//

Basically it's just saying from line 1 to end($) search for ctrl-M and
replace with nothing.

Get this all the time when working with people who write router configs on
their windblows machines and send them to me.

Phil.