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Article #1191Re: changing a ! to a \nC where \n is a newline
From: Conor P. Cahill
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 1990 23:17
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 1990 23:17
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In article <2962@wyse.wyse.com> bob@wyse.UUCP (Bob McGowen x4312 dept208) writes:
>In article <1990Sep18.023649.1336@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
> >
> >:1,$s/!/<ctrl>-V<Return>C/g (this will appear as:1,$s/!/^MC/g)
> >
>
>This will put carriage returns in the file, not newlines.
Try it. It will put newlines into the file.
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Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc.,
uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160
Sterling, VA 22170
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!virtech!cpcahil From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: changing a ! to a \nC where \n is a newline Keywords: vi Message-ID: <1990Sep20.231733.17758@virtech.uucp> Date: 20 Sep 90 23:17:33 GMT References: <5015@alpha.cam.nist.gov> <1990Sep18.023649.1336@virtech.uucp> <2962@wyse.wyse.com> Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc., Sterling VA Lines: 15