gVim - Pattern not found: ^M when trying to remove newline

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I am working with gVim in Windows, and when I open files edited by others I see ^M instead of newlines. I have tried using %s/^M/\n/g to replace all instances of ^M with a newline, but I keep getting the error: Pattern not found: ^M. I have also tried %s/^M/\r/g, but I receive the same error.

There are still several instances of ^M in the file, why can't Vim identify them?

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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Press CTRLV before pressing CTRLM in your substitute command.

This allows you to escape the next control sequence properly.

Here are a couple links I found by googling: vim remove control m:

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Apr 11 '13 at 02:26

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If you're using Cygwin, you can use the `dos2unix` or `unix2dos` command to convert newline chars. – jahroy Apr 11 '13 at 02:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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Are you sure it's carat-M and not ctrl-M? If it's carat-M (^M) then it will be two characters. If it's ctrl-M it will be one. If it's the latter, then here's your solution.

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answered Oct 03 '13 at 20:43

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gVim - Pattern not found: ^M when trying to remove newline

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