Replace Ctrl-M (^M) characters with spaces....

visitnag · 04-13-2008, 10:45 PM

I have a print file which is having so many ^M (Ctrl-M) characters. How can I replace or delete these using vi editor? or any other solution (sed?)

tiocsti · 04-13-2008, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by visitnag

I have a print file which is having so many ^M (Ctrl-M) characters. How can I replace or delete these using vi editor? or any other solution (sed?)

:%s/ctrl-vctrl-m//g

where you see ctrl-v i mean press ctrl-v, and where you see ctrl-m, i mean press ctrl-m.

Wim Sturkenboom · 04-14-2008, 12:19 AM

There are commands fromdos and dos2unix to premanently change the file.
Else sed would be the tool to use

See also http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hlight=fromdos

vi is not really the right tool to use for this purpose.

visitnag · 04-16-2008, 09:05 AM

When i press Ctrl-M the cursor is going to somewhere else. But strangely i can replace Tabs with anything