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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users vimrc help with line endings Post 302546233 by dude2cool on Wednesday 10th of August 2011 06:53:15 PM
Old 08-10-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by COKEDUDE
I was reading this and thought I could put this in my vimrc and it would convert the line endings to unix. Am I doing something wrong or am I missing something?

Code:
set ff=unix

Managing/Munging Line-Endings with Vi/Vim | Jeet Sukumaran

I used this command and it confirms that my global option is set to unix. I edited the file a little bit and saved it but it didn't convert it to unix. It remained in the dos format.

Code:
:verbose set ff? ffs?

Code:
fileformat=dos
  fileformats=unix,dos                                     
        Last set from ~/.vimrc

File format - Vim Tips Wiki
Hmm, the ::verbose set ff? ffs? Shows fileformat=dos, shouldn't it show Unix since you are setting fileformat=Unix? I think the fileformat gets set on the local buffer when you open the file. So if the file is in dos, when you open the file, it sets fileformat to dos. fileformat is a local variable. Fileformats, the other, note the plural is global and settable.
 

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cr(1)							      General Commands Manual							     cr(1)

NAME

       cr - converts text files between nix EOL and dos EOL

SYNOPSIS

       cr  - | +  <input file> <output file>

DESCRIPTION

       Text  files,  such  as tle files, that come from a dos source usualy have the ^M symbol at the end of every line. Cr converts files between
       the dos newline format and the normal *nix newline format by stripping the ^M to convert dos to *nix, using the '-' option, or adding ^M to
       a *nix file to create the proper dos file when the '+' option is used.

       Although this extra character is not often a problem, programs like seesat5, which are data driven will encounter parsing problems when the
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   Options
       - | +  One or the other of these options is required. The '-' option is used to remove ^M from all newlines found in the dos file. The  '+'
	      option is used to add ^M to every newline found in a *nix file.

       input file
	      Fully delineated path to the input file. As this program is used in the dos environment as well, standard input is not used.

       output file
	      Fully delineated path to the output file. As this program is used in the dos environment as well, standart output is not used.

SEE ALSO

       seesat5(1), seesat5(7), SEESAT5.INI(5), tle(5)

BUGS

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