On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 19:44 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > At 05:45 PM 3/1/2006, Adam Gibson wrote: > >Les Mikesell wrote: > >>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. > > Hey, thanks for all of the info on DOS and Unix file editing and all > the things that CAN go wrong if you are NOT careful. > > So I have been careful to stay consistant. As much as I can.... > I have found that if I install CentOS on all my machines that used to run windows ... I have a fairly consistent UNIX only set of text files ... Just one of many suggestions :) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060301/c325ac7b/attachment-0005.sig>