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From: bob@wyse.wyse.com (Bob McGowen x4312 dept208)
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Subject: Re: changing a ! to a \nC where \n is a newline
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Date: 20 Sep 90 01:28:41 GMT
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In article <1990Sep18.023649.1336@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
  >In article <5015@alpha.cam.nist.gov> coleman@cam.nist.gov (Sean Sheridan
   Coleman X5672) writes:
    >>I am trying to use the global substitution power in vi to 
    >>replace every occurrence of ! with a newline and a C (\nC)
  >
  >:1,$s/!/<ctrl>-V<Return>C/g	(this will appear as:1,$s/!/^MC/g)
  >

This will put carriage returns in the file, not newlines.

My response to the posters question preceded this.  The procedure is
to go into full ex mode and use the backslash escape to input the
newline:

	g/!/s//\
	C/g

Bob McGowan  (standard disclaimer, these are my own ...)
Product Support, Wyse Technology, San Jose, CA
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