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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: changing a ! to a \nC where \n is a newline
Keywords: vi
Message-ID: <2198@charon.cwi.nl>
Date: 20 Sep 90 10:06:13 GMT
References: <5015@alpha.cam.nist.gov> <1990Sep18.023649.1336@virtech.uucp> <2962@wyse.wyse.com>
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In article <2962@wyse.wyse.com> bob@wyse.UUCP (Bob McGowen x4312 dept208) writes:
 > In article <1990Sep18.023649.1336@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) 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.
Wrong.  It puts newlines (although ^M is carriage return).  Confusing isn't it?
(This is at least true for the versions of vi I have access to.)
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dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
dik@cwi.nl