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Convert Mac to Unix line endings in VI (See related posts)

If you open a text file in VI and see one big line with lots of '^M' where the line endings are supposed to be, use this command to fix it.
(Enter the the ^M by hitting ctrl-v and then the return key.)

:1,$s/^M/\r/g
to shell mac vi unix text by danb on Mon Oct 08 19:05:46 +0000 2007

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Araxia posts on Oct 14, 2007 at 22:54
FWIW, here is a slightly easier to remember version:

%s/\r/\r/g


%
is shorthand for 1,$, and as odd as it looks you can use 
\r
for both sides of the substitution and it works. This way, you don't have to remember Control-V.

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