how to get rid of ^M character using vi

[Greg Wooledge]

If *every* line ends with ^M (which is almost always going to be the
case, if the file has been produced on a DOS/Windows system), then
you can just use this:

:%s/.$//

to delete the last character of each line.  This has an obvious
downside, but the advantages are that it's easier to type and to
read.

-- 
Greg Wooledge                  |   "Truth belongs to everybody."
greg at wooledge.org              |    - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
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