^M in VIM

dlublink · 10-29-2006, 01:58 PM

Hello,

I am using VIM to edit some files that contain ^M. I don't want to run a search and replace every day.

Can VIM be setup to hide those ^M characters and work on the file and add ^M characters when necessary?

Thanks,

David

rednuht · 10-29-2006, 05:20 PM

I do not know how to do it inside vim but this article explains how to do it before running vim
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-u...x-text-format/

michaelk · 10-29-2006, 05:48 PM

The command to convert a DOS file to unix within vi:
set ff=unix