Re: [ossig] help: convert dos text file to unix(<CR><NL> to <NL>)

[Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com>]

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, kean wrote:

> does anyone knew how to getting away <CR> in the text file. I remember
> there is a tool but I forgot which one. any tool recommended?

look for dos2unix.

however, in vi, it's trivial to have a global search and replace the CR
(otherwise known as ctrl-M or ^M).

:s/^V^M//g

the first ^V (ctrl-V) is an escape to the ^M.

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