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What's the vi/gvim syntax to replace a pattern with a pattern that includes <ENTER>? I know this is possible but never felt like diving too deep in the documentation to know how to do it.
Something like this:
:s/\(word\)/\1<ENTER>/
But correctly :)
Thanks
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Ctrl - V tells vi that the next character typed should be inserted literally and ctrl - m is the keystroke for a carriage return.
Use the -b switch for binary mode. For example , vi -b filename or vim -b filename -- . It will then show CR characters ( x0D ), which are not normally used in Unix style files, as the characters ^M . Save this answer.
Use \r instead of \n . Substituting by \n inserts a null character into the text. To get a newline, use \r . When searching for a newline, you'd still use \n , however.
Use \s instead of a space if you want to include tabs, too. And \s\+ if you want it to replace consecutive spaces and/or tabs with one newline.
Use the "escape" encoding:
:s/\(word\)/\1\r/
See the Vim documentation for pattern whitespace escapes.
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:s/\(word\)/\1\r/
Alternatively, use Ctrl+V or Ctrl+Q to quote (escape) the Enter key:
:s/\(word\)\1^QENTER/
Where ^Q is Ctrl+Q and ENTER is the Enter key.
Clarification: Depending on your installation, either ^Q or ^V should work. The quoting character differs on some platforms.
(This has the helpful side-effect of inserting the appropriate end-of-line character for whichever platform you're using, eliminating the CR vs. LF vs. CRLF problem.)
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