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Old 07-20-2005, 09:01 PM   #1
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Question about using vi

I have a need to replace all occurrences of a blank space with a new line in a text file. I think this is something vi could do (I looked it up and the command should be something like %s/dog/cat/g where dog is to be replaced by cat) but the thing is that I don't know how to represent a newline character. Any advice?
 
Old 07-20-2005, 09:14 PM   #2
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\newline
should represent it
 
Old 07-20-2005, 09:27 PM   #3
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%s/ /^M/g is what you want to do. You get the ^M by pressing ctrl+v then crtl+m.
 
Old 07-20-2005, 09:28 PM   #4
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try this:
Code:
%s/ /\n/g
newline=\n
tab=\t
 
Old 07-20-2005, 09:40 PM   #5
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In vi:
newline character = ^M (ctrl+v then ctrl+m)
tab character = ^I (ctrl+v then ctrl+i)
 
Old 07-20-2005, 10:20 PM   #6
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Quote:
Originally posted by twsnnva
In vi:
newline character = ^M (ctrl+v then ctrl+m)
tab character = ^I (ctrl+v then ctrl+i)
\n also works (at least for me in elvis, the default vi-clone in slackware)
 
  


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