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Old 12-07-2010
Vi line endings conversions

I was reading these 2 articles. Why does the wikia one think :e ++ff=dos? Or am I just misunderstanding it?

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:e ++ff=unix
:e ++ff=dos

File format - Vim Tips Wiki
Managing/Munging Line-Endings with Vi/Vim | Jeet Sukumaran
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Old 12-08-2010
vim (note - not the real vi) understands that
Quote:
e ++ff=dos
means to edit the file again, using DOS line endings file format
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