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elainelaw

03-09-2010 09:09 PM

read carriage return code

I have a text file have carriage return code ^L , ^K , I can use vi to read this code , can advise if I want to see this code , what can i do ? thx

evo2	03-09-2010 10:34 PM

See? Do you mean see those chars without using vi?
If so you can cat with the -v flag.

Code:

cat -v somefile

Evo2.

elainelaw

03-09-2010 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2 (Post 3892388)

See? Do you mean see those chars without using vi?
If so you can cat with the -v flag.

Code:

cat -v somefile

Evo2.

thx ,

But I mean I use vi is unable to see those chars eg. ^K , I just would like to ask how can I see this chars ? thx

evo2	03-09-2010 11:23 PM

Quote:

But I mean I use vi is unable to see those chars eg. ^K , I just would like to ask how can I see this chars ?

Are you asking how to see those non-printing characters in vi?

If so I can't help: I only use vi when no other text editors are installed.

Evo2.

catkin

03-10-2010 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elainelaw (Post 3892418)

But I mean I use vi is unable to see those chars eg. ^K , I just would like to ask how can I see this chars ? thx

It could be a vi (elvis or vim?) configuration issue because it works for me

Code:

c@CW8:/tmp$ echo $'\a\b\e\f\n\r\t\v' > trash && vi trash

Here's what it looks like in vi (vim)

Code:

^G^H^[^L

^M  ^K

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