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Re: Vim vs Elvis -- was "Mutt's Editor"



In article <20001013102658.A11948@ourmanpann.com>,
Pann McCuaig  <pann@oz.net> wrote:
>I still use nvi on occasion 'cause it will show me ^M's in a file and
>it's easier to `nvi file` than to look up how to get vim to do it.  ;->

vim -b file (binary mode). Also handy to edit binaries to change
hardcoded strings or pathnames.

Mike.



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