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thanks for this.
Problem is, I need a global substitution /g but ONLY for the first 2 columns. So I need to identify these in the pattern

Any ideas?

Hi
No, I'm not rewriting anything. Its simply a large text file where the first 2 columns are separated by a TAB and I want to substitute that for a single space.

Following on from this and still using substitution, is it possible to search and replace a field (column) rather than just a character/s?

I need a way of replacing a TAB between 2 fields with a...

thanks, unfortunatley that doesnt work. Although it sends a carriage return, it doesnt translate when opened in a text file and still shows each line continuously.
I know if I can get a true ^M at...

Where,^M - Ctrl-v+Ctrl-M

I dont fully understand what your suggesting here, can you expand on what key strokes need to be input?

thanks, Ollie

Hi All,
I'm trying to add a carriage return to the end of my lines in a text file using substitution, but I havent found a way as yet.

Can anyone help?

something along the lines of:...