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# 8  
Old 04-18-2007
hey i never tried this in vi but works for vim
just ^M character is carriage return ( which indicates file is in DOS format ) so just open file and do
:set fileformat=unix after that save file .
# 9  
Old 04-18-2007
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Originally Posted by ERPKEN
Thanks Gurus! I never heard of or used DOS2UNIX so maybe I will try it sometime. I did take a look at my FTP settings and it was set on "Automatic." After changing it to "ASCII," I FTPd some files over that I had problems with in the past. Sure enough, no more problems with character formatting! I guess I assumed that "Automatic" would always give me the best method of moving the file.

I still would also be interested in knowing why I am not able to use the command %s/^M//g. The commands I am using to get the formatting character are ctrl v followed immediately by ctrl m. There is no use of the shift key, minus signs, plus signs, etc - only the ctrl button with the letter v follwed by the ctrl button and the letter m.
So, the error msg denotes that your ctrl-v or ctrl-m is causing the "Enter" and since the pattern substitution is not complete thats why the error.

Is is possible that either ctrl-v or mostly ctrl-m is mapped to the "enter" or some key ?

Give us the output of "stty -a" and possible the "map" values in your .exrc file.
# 10  
Old 04-18-2007
^M is often enter, but it shouldn't make any difference. Once ^v is typed, the next char should be treated literally.
# 11  
Old 04-19-2007
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Originally Posted by reborg
^M is often enter, but it shouldn't make any difference. Once ^v is typed, the next char should be treated literally.
Agreed. Hmm .. can't think of anything else.
# 12  
Old 05-06-2007
dos2unix with col -b
To get ridge of ^M from dos first rename dos file to *.dos, then, use col -b

cat *.dos | col -b > original file name
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