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From: mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: ^M 's in uploaded text files.
Keywords: Help!
Message-ID: <1352@v7fs1.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 90 01:27:54 GMT
References: <5622@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt)
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Organization: Video 7 + G2 = Headland Technology
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In article <5622@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> william@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (William H. York) writes:
>I use my PC to write text files in word perfect then I save in dos format
>to upload to our vax.  When the file is cat'ed, the ^M's don't show, but
>when vi'ing they become real annoying!  Is there a file I can pipe it 
>through to remove the ^M's or perhaps a way vi can be used to remove them?

If you just want a way to do this in vi, I use the following all
the time:    :s/^M//g

The trick is getting the ^M in the search string.  You do this by
pressing <CONTROL>-V, followed by carriage return or <CONTROL>-M.
^V is vi's quoting character.
-- 
Mike Van Pelt                     "I'm not a biologist, but I play one in 
Headland Technology/Video 7        front of Congressional hearings."
...ames!vsi1!v7fs1!mvp                        -- Meryl Streep