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From: andy@unx1.UUCP (Andy Clews)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Invisible Ascii with VI
Message-ID: <258@unx1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Sep-87 09:30:37 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 23 09:30:37 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 27-Sep-87 10:08:40 EDT
Organization: Univ. of Sussex Computing Service
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Does anyone out there know if it's possible to insert/search/replace
non-printing ascii characters?
Specifically: I sometimes get files from a net source that have an "extra"
CR tacked on the end of the line, and VI shows them as ^M on the screen.
For various reasons these are a pain. I'd like to be able to get rid of
them with, say, a global substitute. I've tried 1,$s/^V^M$// but this
does not seem to do what I want.
I'd appreciate email replies if any.

Andy Clews
andy@uk.ac.sussex.unx1