Re: Debian Woody VI (6.1.18)
Incoming from Chris Robinson:
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> I wonder if anyone can help me? I am trying to "VI" a file that appears
Hopefully you mean "vi"?
> to have control characters.
> They appear as bold "~U|" and bold " | |", without the ".
>
> I have tried seaching for these characters, with ":/~U" and :/| and
Backslash, not slash. Try (no colon or quotes) "/\~U" and "/\|"
> :/ctrlvM etc. But it appears as if they do not exist.
>
> Is there any way to search and replace these characters?
:%s/\~U//g
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