VIM Editor Tips and Tricks (Linux and UNIX)

To replace ctrl M charter from a file.

:%s/^M//g

To make the above ^M to appear inside VIM command press ctrl +v then ctrl + m.

To Make the file format to UNIX.

When you open the file VIM reports file format as — DOS or Unix:

To modify the file format to UNIX use the below commands inside VIM

:set filetype=unix

:set fileformat=unix

The file will be written back without carriage return (CR, ^M) characters.

Remember to save.

:wq

In case you have to overwrite by force

:wq!