On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 11:23, Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > > In the old days with real vi, you would: > > :%s/^v^m// > > to get rid of them, but vim doesn't like that. > > It depends on how Vim recognizes the file. If Vim displays the file > as a DOS file, it will hide the ^M and you can't search for it. > If Vim displays the file as a unix file, it will show the ^M at the > end of the line and you can search and replace it with the command > shown above. OK, but what would convince vim to display files with ^M's as unix files? I thought it took their presence as the hint to display in DOS mode. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com