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Old 08-27-2014, 01:21 PM   #1
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What are these "leading" lines in vim?


http://imgur.com/al5huJs

I only see them occasionally, and I'm just wondering what they are.
 
Old 08-27-2014, 04:24 PM   #2
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I think those are DOS carrier returns.

Those can greatly disrupt UNIX test files, so you'll want to try to get rid of them. dos2unix works, as does other editors that support UNIX text file creation and editing.
 
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Old 08-27-2014, 04:32 PM   #3
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They could be 'tabs'

See if you have

Code:
set list
set listchars=tab:__
In ~/.vimrc or /etc/vim/vimrc

could use cat -A to confirm

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