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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!jacques From: jacques@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Jacques Legare) Subject: Re: vi Message-ID: <CsuBux.9zK@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> Sender: news@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (News Administrator) Organization: University of Toronto Physics/Astronomy/CITA References: <1994Jul12.140258.338@sun490.fdu.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 18:40:08 GMT Lines: 13 Typing ^V in vi will allow you to type a control char `verbatim.' That is vi will not interpret it and treat it like a normal character. So, using your example, to replace all the ^L with spaces one would type. :1,$ s/^V^L/ /g Where the notation ^X means hold down the control key and type the letter X :-) I think that the newline char may be an exception. On some vi's (vies, vis, ???) I have used ^J is interpreted _regardless_ of any preceeding ^V. Anyone know why this is so?