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How to replace letters with carriage returns on VIM

Posted 10-27-2010 at 12:35 PM by xri
Updated 10-27-2010 at 12:38 PM by xri (To add categories)

Problem:
A text file coms with a list comes with the items separated by commas, like:
Quote:
a,b,c....
We need them in column form, like:
Quote:
a
b
c
Solution:
:%s/,/{[Ctrl+v], then [Enter]}/g

Notes:
  1. The % before s, indicates that the range where the replacement is to take place is the whole document.
  2. Ctrl and v are pressed simultaneously, and then the character we mean vim to use (in this case Return).
  3. The g at the end of the expression indicates that every occurrence on the line where the comma is found is to be replaced (as opposed to only the first occurrence).
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