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Remove Windows line endings in VIM

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The Windows line endings (^M) can be easily removed with most editors. In ViM it is very easy.

To remove all windows line endings (and replace with nothing), type the following:

:%s/^V^M//g

(note that the ^V will not display).

Sometimes it is necessary to add a line break as well:

:%s/^V^M/\r/g

Partly based on a Tech Recipes article.

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Written by Håvard Grimelid

November 17th, 2008 at 11:14 am

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  1. :%s/\r//g

    Another way

    14 Jan 09 at 15:40

  2. Easier:

    :set fileformat=unix

    Tor

    31 Jan 09 at 03:47

  3. set fileformat didn’t work on windows.

    :%s/\r//g works perfectly on windows.

    Greg

    10 Feb 09 at 10:39

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