04-16-2007
Formatting Substitution Command Not Working in vi
Unix Gurus,
I have a text file I have FTP'd to UNIX so that I can use it to load into our Baan system. When vi the file, I can see that there are formatting characters at the end of each line (^M). To get rid of these, I have read that the following should work:
:%s/^M$//g - with the ^M being the equivalent of CTRL V CTRL M
Unforutnately, when trying to type this command I can only get to the "CTRL M" before I get the error message "Substitute pattern match failed." Does anyone know why I cannot type the whole command shown above or is there something that cause the command to execute before the entire command is typed?
Thank you in advance for your feedback.
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NAME
evim - easy Vim, edit a file with Vim and setup for modeless editing
SYNOPSIS
evim [options] [file ..]
eview
DESCRIPTION
eVim starts Vim and sets options to make it behave like a modeless editor. This is still Vim but used as a point-and-click editor. This
feels a lot like using Notepad on MS-Windows. eVim will always run in the GUI, to enable the use of menus and toolbar.
Only to be used for people who really can't work with Vim in the normal way. Editing will be much less efficient.
eview is the same, but starts in read-only mode. It works just like evim -R.
See vim(1) for details about Vim, options, etc.
The 'insertmode' option is set to be able to type text directly.
Mappings are setup to make Copy and Paste work with the MS-Windows keys. CTRL-X cuts text, CTRL-C copies text and CTRL-V pastes text. Use
CTRL-Q to obtain the original meaning of CTRL-V.
OPTIONS
See vim(1).
FILES
/usr/share/vim/vim72/evim.vim
The script loaded to initialize eVim.
AKA
Also Known As "Vim for gumbies". When using evim you are expected to take a handkerchief, make a knot in each corner and wear it on your
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SEE ALSO
vim(1)
AUTHOR
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