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Vi on Linux: show ^M line endings for DOS-format files

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Mar 15, 202642528 views
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On Solaris, if you open a file in vi that has Windows line endings, this shows up as ^M at the end of every line. On Linux, vi is cleverer and understands the Windows file format, and does not display ^M. Is there a setting to make Linux vi behave the same as Solaris in this respect? A common probl…

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Fix for: Vi on Linux: show ^M line endings for DOS-format files

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Try when starting vi (or set as default in vimrc) which should display all CR characters as . vi auto-guesses which format to use based on whether or not it encounters lines ending in just LF or both CR/LF.

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