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Old 10-19-2005
how to see special characters in a file using vi
Hi,
I have a file which has special characters. I can't see them when I "vi" the file. But I am sure there are some special un seen characters. How can I see them?

Please help.

Thx
# 2  
Old 10-19-2005
emacs helps for sure.

I think vim might also show it.
# 3  
Old 10-19-2005
How can I use vim? Smilie

I tried vim filename and it doesn't work. Smilie

and same with emacs.? Smilie

Please help
# 4  
Old 10-19-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by jingi1234
I tried vim filename and it doesn't work. Smilie
What doesnt work ? Displaying the special symbols or vim itself ?

And for emacs, emacs filename should work.
# 5  
Old 10-19-2005
When I say:

vim FILENAME
ksh: vim: not found

emacs FILENAME
ksh: emacs: not found

Smilie
# 6  
Old 10-19-2005
In vi, use
:set list
and you can do
:set nolist
to get back to normal.
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# 7  
Old 10-19-2005
I see lot of Control I characters which were not visible with out :set list


Thanks Unix Gurus Smilie Smilie Smilie
 
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