Comments on: How to remove ^M character with VI http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/ Knowledge bling's the finer things in life. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:10:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brent http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-216864 Brent Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:32:29 +0000 http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/#comment-216864 You might consider just running dos2unix utility on the file. You might consider just running dos2unix utility on the file.

]]> By: lambzee http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-216270 lambzee Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:29:17 +0000 http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/#comment-216270 Awesome you saved about 1 hr for me Thanks a lot Awesome you saved about 1 hr for me

Thanks a lot

]]> By: Kiran http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-215198 Kiran Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:58:14 +0000 http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/#comment-215198 But I dont want to open the file using VI and then type at : Can i just do it without opening the file ? But I dont want to open the file using VI and then type at :

Can i just do it without opening the file ?

]]> By: ciprian http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-56205 ciprian Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:20:38 +0000 http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/#comment-56205 Eric, You are remoting into a linux box or win xp box? If linux then pres %s/Ctrl-VCtrl-M//g The Ctrl-VCtrl-M should show up like a ^M If on windows i dont know of any other way besides %s/\r//g Let us know if you find out Thanks Eric,

You are remoting into a linux box or win xp box?
If linux then pres %s/Ctrl-VCtrl-M//g
The Ctrl-VCtrl-M should show up like a ^M
If on windows i dont know of any other way besides %s/\r//g
Let us know if you find out
Thanks

]]> By: Eric http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-56044 Eric Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:42:16 +0000 http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/#comment-56044 Hi Ciprian, i am editing the file vi putty remoting from win 2008 SBS and the command %s/\r//g does't seems to work either. Thanks in advance Hi Ciprian, i am editing the file vi putty remoting from win 2008 SBS and the command %s/\r//g does’t seems to work either.

Thanks in advance

]]> By: Liberta Design http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-21283 Liberta Design Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:00:31 +0000 http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/#comment-21283 Thanks man, very helpful. Thanks man, very helpful.

]]> By: Danny http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-5209 Danny Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:42:46 +0000 http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/#comment-5209 Thanks for sharing the solution ciprian. Thanks for sharing the solution ciprian.

]]> By: ciprian http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-5087 ciprian Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:48:24 +0000 http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/#comment-5087 i found this to work on windows xp %s/\r//g to replace all ^M with nothing in the whole file i found this to work on windows xp

%s/\r//g

to replace all ^M with nothing in the whole file

]]> By: ciprian http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-5086 ciprian Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:33:15 +0000 http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/#comment-5086 hi, the ^M are showing for me on windows xp, i tried this command %s/^M//g but it doesn't work, as soon as i put in the ctrl-m it says it cant find the pattern, is there some difference that i have to do to get to use this command on windows? hi, the ^M are showing for me on windows xp, i tried this command %s/^M//g but it doesn’t work, as soon as i put in the ctrl-m it says it cant find the pattern, is there some difference that i have to do to get to use this command on windows?

]]> By: Danny http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-3348 Danny Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:11:09 +0000 http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-remove-m-character-with-vi/#comment-3348 Thanks sir, more to come. It's fun :D Thanks sir, more to come. It’s fun :D

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